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''In brief'': Prevenient Grace is a Christian theological concept embraced primarily by Arminian followers of John Wesley who are part of the Methodist movement. It is defined as, "the divine love that surrounds all humanity and precedes any and all of our conscious impulses. This grace prompts our first wish to please God, our first glimmer of understanding concerning God's will, and our 'first slight transient conviction' of having sinned against God. God's grace also awakens in us an earnest longing for deliverance from sin and death and moves us toward repentance and faith."
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{{summary | text=Prevenient Grace is a Christian theological concept embraced primarily by Arminian followers of John Wesley who are part of the Methodist movement. It is defined as, "the divine love that surrounds all humanity and precedes any and all of our conscious impulses. This grace prompts our first wish to please God, our first glimmer of understanding concerning God's will, and our 'first slight transient conviction' of having sinned against God. God's grace also awakens in us an earnest longing for deliverance from sin and death and moves us toward repentance and faith."}}
  
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'''Definitions / explanations'''
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* [[Overview: Prevenient Grace|An overview of Prevenient Grace]]
 
 
 
 
 
'''Articles / opinions'''
 
* [[Comments about Prevenient Grace]]
 
 
 
 
 
'''Quotes'''
 
* [[Quotes about Prevenient Grace]]
 
 
 
 
 
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Revision as of 14:10, 14 October 2006

Prevenient Grace is a Christian theological concept embraced primarily by Arminian followers of John Wesley who are part of the Methodist movement. It is defined as, "the divine love that surrounds all humanity and precedes any and all of our conscious impulses. This grace prompts our first wish to please God, our first glimmer of understanding concerning God's will, and our 'first slight transient conviction' of having sinned against God. God's grace also awakens in us an earnest longing for deliverance from sin and death and moves us toward repentance and faith." (Read more)




See Prevenient Grace (overview) for more information



Comments, Personal Articles, Studies and Sermons

Prevenient Grace (discussion) (For short comments and opinions)


For related quotations see Prevenient Grace (quotes)



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