Which begs the question.
God is irresistible. look what he did. What he promises. and what he offers.
If irrisistablilty was a major factor in people choosing God. then everyone would choose him.
If your stuck in self. it does not matter how irresistible someone else is. You will not even see it. That is why one can not come to faith until they first repent.
phil 3:9
9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.
eph:2
2 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,
2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.
3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh
[a] and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.
4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.
6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—
9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
did we choose?dont we see that salvation is a free gift plus faith is too?
and about repentacne id say u cannot repent unless u have faith.
its the inworking of the holy spirit which gives genuine repentance to God.
God is love like i said in earlier post regeneration is a complete change of nature in which we did nothing to acheieve it,we were made brand new in christ and it is through christ..but dont i have to accept him or do somthing for him to come in to my heart? we are not saved by any works or our doings.
how can that be love? isnt it forcing (v common question)
he is not forcing when God regenerates a man he has changed a whole nature of a person,and that person beholds what God has done for him ,he beholds his beauty and he can do nothing but bow down and worship him
let me give u a perfect example:
i have seen many ppl in nepal who have received christ,some come because they feel the need to expereince somthing new from the west,some wishing to get some money from missionaries(very common,rumour says if u become christian u gets dollars from abroad).i have seen some come in to christianity so that they can find good jobs in christian organisation and many more,am not lying i have seen this for a very long time.however nepal used to be a hindu kingdom,conversion into other religion brings persecution,many feel christianity is not a cup of my tea,many fall away, some stay and all they have is a shell of christianity that does nothing and has no fruit.
however i have also seen a person who has been found by God,ready to die now for christ,
i have seen 70 years old guy whos worshipped idols whos quit idol worshipping moment he got saved.
i have seen demon possessed person delivered and bow down to worship christ.i can go on and on,and i have seen men killed brand new christians who were burned alive for beleiving christ.
then why dont everyone get saved,my answer is i have no idea,will tell u when i find it
but this i know his ways are higher than ours.