J. I. Packer says: “While we must always remember that it is our responsibility to proclaim salvation, we must never forget that it is God who saves.”

We are reading in the following Bible verses “that it is God who saves.”

Please notice in Matthew 16:17 that the Father in heaven reveals, in Acts 16:14 that the Lord is opening the heart of Lydia, in Acts 13:48 that those believed who were appointed for eternal life, and in Matthew 15:13 that the heavenly Father plants the plants.

• Matthew 16:17: “Jesus replied, ‘Blessed are you, Simon Son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven.'”
• Acts 16:14: “One of those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to to respond to Paul’s message.”
• Acts 13:48: “When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.”
• Matthew 15:13: “He replied, ‘Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.'”

Let us remember all this, when we are praying for people.