God makes the first move in bringing a person to Himself.
Les Feldick teaches that no human being ever seeks God on his own — God is always the seeker. God prompts the human response, opens hearts, and sends the Holy Spirit to woo people with the plan of salvation, because mankind will never of his own volition go looking for God.
John 3:17 — God sent His Son into the world to save the world, showing divine initiative before any human response.
Romans 3:23 — Because all have sinned and fall short of God's glory, no one naturally reaches out to God; God must make the first move.
Scripture shows that God is the initiator of salvation. John 3:17 says, "For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." God's sending of His Son is His move toward humanity. Romans 3:23 declares, "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God," which reveals the universal condition that makes it impossible for anyone to merit or naturally pursue God's favor. The Bible also records that in the garden, Adam and Eve hid from God and it was God who came looking for them (Genesis 3:8-9), illustrating the consistent pattern of divine initiative.
Les Feldick is emphatic that God alone makes the first move in a person's salvation. He states, "No human being ever seeks God. God is always the seeker. God always makes that first move." He points out that even after Adam and Eve sinned, they hid from God, and it was God who had to find them. Likewise, believers today cannot take credit for finding salvation — God finds them and brings them to the place where they believe, just as He opened Lydia's heart in Acts.
According to Les Feldick, no. He says, "No human being ever seeks God. God is always the seeker." He also warns, "Mankind will never, of his own volition, go looking for God. It's just contrary to our makeup."
Les teaches that the Holy Spirit begins the work inside a person. He says "dead people can't even believe anything," so the Holy Spirit "lights a spark" within an individual. The Spirit convinces the person that they are a sinner, using Romans 3:23 — "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." This is the first step of faith.
Les Feldick explains that God ordinarily uses human beings to bring the message of salvation. He says, "God has ordained from the beginning of the human race that He will use human beings to promote His salvation." God does not leave the work to angels; instead, He uses people to declare His Word to the lost.
Les teaches that Satan has authority over the darkness and uses it to "keep the lost humanity in darkness." Satan's power operates "until God breaks" it, meaning that God alone has the power to break Satan's hold so that people can be set free.
Satan's Authority
Les shows that Satan has authority to keep lost humanity in darkness, but his power only lasts until God breaks it, reinforcing that God must act first.
God Is the Seeker
Les plainly says no human being ever seeks God; God is always the seeker and makes the first move, prompting a human being to respond.
Believers Cannot Take Credit
Les teaches that believers should not take credit for finding salvation — God found them and brought them to faith, just as He opened Lydia's heart.
God Uses Human Messengers
Les explains that God uses human beings to promote His salvation and rarely brings anyone to faith without another person involved.
The Holy Spirit Convinces of Sin
Les says the Holy Spirit's first work in a person is to remind them they are a sinner, as stated in Romans 3:23 — the first step of faith.
The Holy Spirit Lights the Spark
Les teaches that spiritually dead people cannot believe anything, so the Holy Spirit must light a spark within an individual before coming to faith.
Adam Hid and God Came Looking
Les uses Adam and Eve's hiding to illustrate that mankind has never voluntarily gone looking for God — God has to make the first move.
The Holy Spirit Woos the Human Race
Les pictures the Holy Spirit moving among the human race, wooing them and presenting the plan of salvation, with God as the initiator.
John 3:17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
God's sending of His Son is the first move in salvation — before any human action.
Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Because all have sinned, humanity cannot initiate a relationship with God; God must take the first step.
Genesis 3:8: And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
After sinning, Adam and Eve hid from God, showing that mankind does not naturally seek Him.
Yes, according to Les Feldick's teaching, no human being ever seeks God. God is always the seeker and makes the first move. He prompts a human being to respond and brings him to a place of believing.
God the Holy Spirit lights a spark within an individual and convinces that person of sin. God also opens hearts, as He did for Lydia in Acts, and works through human messengers who proclaim the Word.
Man's part is to respond, not to initiate. Les Feldick teaches that God prompts the human response, and even then the believer cannot take credit because God found him and brought him to faith.
Yes. Les states that God has ordained human beings to promote His salvation and very rarely brings someone to salvation without another human being involved.
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