TMSJ 17:1 (Spring 2006) p. 65 in men to the Holy Spirit.”16 Novatian and Hilary17 agree, and the words of Ambrosiaster are equally unmistakable: “Paul is emphatic in asserting that the distribution of gifts is not to be attributed to human causes as if they were achievable by men. The varied gifts of the Holy Spirit and the grace of the Lord Jesus are the work of one and the same God.”18 Thus, the gifts (including tongues) did not involve any prior human effort or ability to attain. That is not