CHOOSE YE THIS DAY WHOM "YOU" SHALL SERVE!
WHOMSOEVER BELIEVETH SHALL BE SAVED!
John 6:40 For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who sees the Son and trusts in Him may have eternal life; and I will raise him up on the last day.”
i don't see total depravity anywhere in these Scriptures.
and guess what?
anyone who does CHOOSE to Follow Christ will be filled with the Holy Spirit and become REGENERATED!
Stop being foolish and see the truth.
You quoted John 6:40... but why not the context surrounding it?
John 6:39 And this is the will of him that sent me,
that all that which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.
John 6:40 For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and
believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:41 The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, I am the bread which came down out of heaven.
John 6:42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how doth he now say, I am come down out of heaven?
John 6:43 Jesus answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
John6:44
No man can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day.
"Believeth on Him... Equals .."all that which He hath given Me"... Equals .."except the Father that sent Me draw him..." Equals .."believeth on Him..."
In John 6:44, we have a proof of "depravity". The verse starts with "no man can come to me,..." This is not a great translation because it can lead to misunderstanding. The Greek word translated "can" is the Greek word:
δυναται from the root:
δύναμαι Which means: "Able" or "be able". The use of the English word: "can", might lead one to think in terms of prohibition. That is, one is prohibited from coming to Christ. This would be an incorrect understanding. The word, as I have shown, speaks to "ability".
Therefore depravity. Without Regeneration, (The cause of being drawn), "no man is
able to come to Me" In man's Fallen state, he does not possess the "ability" to come to Christ because of his love of sin. Thus, the need for the New Birth. (John 3:1-10).
The greatest proof of "depravity" comes from the Apostle Paul:
Rom 1:20 For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:
Rom 1:21 because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.
Rom 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Rom 1:23 and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Rom 3:9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we before laid to the charge both of Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin;
Rom 3:10 as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one;
Rom 3:11 There is none that has understanding, There is none that is seeking after God;
Rom 3:12 They have all turned aside, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that doeth good, no, not so much as one:
Rom 3:13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:
Rom 3:14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
Rom 3:15 Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Rom 3:16 Destruction and misery are in their ways;
Rom 3:17 And the way of peace have they not known:
Rom 3:18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.
This is the state of mankind, in it's natural state, after the Fall of Adam. Spiritually dead in trespasses and sin; and will physically experience death, at God's appointed time. Corrupted and decaying.
It is through Regeneration, that we are made spiritually alive again and are able then to commune with God. This restores what was lost in Gen. 3:8. Adam and Eve could no longer walk with God in the garden because their sin had severed the communion with Him and now they feared God.