day no. 17,167: corpses cannot quicken themselves

"Coming to Christ is nothing less than a resurrection from the dead, and the only thing you are allowed to contribute is the corpse." — Douglas Wilson, An Open Letter to President Trump About Heaven

The only thing you contribute to your salvation is the sin that made it necessary. 

Ezekiel 37:3

And he said unto me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord God, thou knowest."

A bag of bones cannot speak for itself, but neither can it hear anyone else. 

It cannot respond. 

It cannot do anything.

Ephesians 2:1

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

We are dead in sin until we are raised again in Christ. 

Corpses cannot quicken themselves.