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If the Spirit's work is inward, is that prevenient grace?

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No. What makes a grace prevenient in the Arminian sense is not that it is inward; it is that it is given before and apart from the word to restore an ability. The Reformed confessions themselves describe inward work on men who refuse: Dort III/IV article 9 blames unbelief on the hearers and describes men who receive the word and relapse, and Westminster 10:4 speaks of common operations of the Spirit on the non-elect.

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THE OTHER DAY ON X: INWARD OR OUTWARD? →
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Checked 2026-09-29 by Darren. Breadcrumb into "The Next Day: Ten More", the addendum to the essay The Other Day on X. It carries no quotation of its own that the essay does not carry; verification is INHERITED from the addendum, whose notes record every KJV fragment checked letter for letter (Rom 8:7-8; Eph 2:1; John 3:18-19; Rom 1:16; John 16:8; Acts 2:37, 2:41, 7:51; Heb 4:12; Matt 23:37; 1 Tim 2:1, 2:4, 2:6; Titus 3:2; John 6:40; Eph 1:13; John 1:12-13; Rom 3:27, 4:5) and the Greek (elencho G1651; katanysso and diaprio distinguished). Published alongside wave 6 because the addendum is live on the essay.

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This answer is the short form. The argument is made at length in The Other Day on X: Inward or outward?.

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