J. Gresham Machen in “What is Faith?” says, “Faith is indeed intellectual; it involves an apprehension of certain things as facts; and vain is the modern effort to divorce faith from knowledge. But although faith is intellectual, it is not only intellectual. You cannot have faith without having knowledge; but you will not have faith…
We see the glorious order that grace always precedes faith. Grace First – Establishes Glorious Faith Grace First – Establishes Glorious Calling Grace Firs t- Establishes Glorious Motive