The answer
St Athanasius the Apostle says, “inasmuch as the Lord has received, and the grant is lodged with Him, the grace may remain sure. For while mere man receives, he is liable to lose again (as was shewn in the case of Adam, for he received and he lost, but that the grace may be irrevocable, and may be kept sure by men, therefore He Himself appropriates the gift; and He says that He has received power, as man, which He ever had as God.”571
Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty
Notes
565 St. Athanasius of Alexandria, Four Discourses Against the Arians 3.28.52 (NPNF II/4:422).
571 St. Athanasius of Alexandria, Four Discourses Against the Arians 3.27.38 (NPNF II/4:415).