Our salvation, however, is entirely a gift from God—something we receive freely, even the faith by which we believe. It was established from eternity that we would be saved, and this salvation is accomplished solely through the finished work of Jesus Christ. Christ sought us out, purchased us with His blood, saved us from our sins, and continues to sustain us daily. In this divine and unmerited grace, we find reason to rejoice with unwavering confidence, because our salvation is rooted entirely in God's sovereign grace. Thanks be to God, who, through His mighty power, causes us to walk in His ways and follow the path of righteousness. We firmly believe that our old will—the one bound by sin and selfishness—has been put to death. As the Apostle Paul explains in Romans, our former nature was caught in a struggle between the demands of the law and the weight of our guilt, which only increased our craving for evil. Our conscience, once free from challenge, became a law unto itself, enabling us to justify our sins and shift blame onto others. This entire process—the internal battle, the moral confusion, and the spiritual death—reflects the reality of our fallen state before God's intervention. But now, through His grace, we are being renewed and restored, no longer enslaved by sin but empowered to live in newness of life, guided by His Spirit and sustained by His mercy. When God grants us new birth, He works within us to plant a completely new will—a desire that is renewed and aligned with His purposes. The old will, which was enslaved to sin and driven by selfishness, is put to death along with the sin that once dominated it, and along with the previous relationship we had with the law—an attempt to earn salvation through our own efforts. Instead, we now possess God's will, a divine desire that comes from His Spirit. However, this does not mean that we immediately act perfectly or in a manner fully pleasing to God. Our minds, our desires, and our emotions are still tainted by sin, remaining imperfect and imperfectly transformed. Inside us, a continual conflict rages: on one side, the desire to trust in God's sovereignty and His ultimate control over all things; on the other, the temptation to seize back our own authority and independence. This struggle is ongoing and real. No longer are we caught between darkness and light, nor do we remain stagnant in spiritual infancy. Instead, through the renewing of our minds by His Word and the work of His Spirit, we are progressively transformed into new creations. The Apostle Paul warned the Galatians: after beginning their Christian walk in the Spirit, they risk trying to attain perfection through adherence to law and their own self-will. Similarly, the writer to the Hebrews exhorts believers to grow toward spiritual maturity, nourishing themselves with the solid food of God's Word rather than clinging to the shallow milk of infancy. In this new life, our desire is for the sincere milk of the Word, motivated by our renewed will that longs to obey and follow Christ.