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John 6:44, John 12:32, Preceding Grace, Enabled Depravity, and Christocentric Election

In CLARE Theology, the Light of Christ is understood as God's Preceding Grace. His gracious work that comes before conversion, before faith, and before any human response. This concept is rooted in passages such as John 1:9, which says that Christ is "the true light, which gives light to everyone." The Light of Christ is not saving regeneration itself, nor is it natural human ability. Rather, it is Christ's universal gracious influence upon fallen humanity. Because of the fal