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Where do you find the word "chance of getting saved" (Jesus said it was IMPOSSIBLE for men)? And, again, give me a scripture that says that your salvation hangs upon a "free-will decision" that you make as unregenerate. You will find NONE, I can tell you already now. If it was His will that...

No, they do NOT say what you presumptuously force them to say. Yes, the Spirit convicts sinners of their sin, it still does not mean that sinners have some "free will choice". I have been asking you many times now for such scripture and all you do is repeat same scriptures saying absolutely...

How do you think that makes sense? You have some other scriptures to back up the claim of two different faiths in one? There is an initial faith and then there's a secondary faith? Is this not a necessary clause for people who believe in unregenerates ability to believe? Do you understand...

Since you hook up on that one single issue, I take it that you are pentecostal or charismatic and stuck with the idea that a person first gets saved and then later receive the Spirit. That would really be another discussion, but since it is implied your reply this error comes into this very...

Are you believing that literally "all men" will be saved then? Or are they only drawn to Christ so that they can use their ability of a "free will choice" which will co-work to save them? "Not without the almighty free will of unregenerate man, else God is unfair!". Eh? Poor God, He have to...

And where in these verses does it say that the unregenerate have an ability of making "a free will choice" to "accept" Jesus?

You are the one who lack understanding of context then. And already explained in that post about the "gifts of the Spirit" counter-argument. If you cared to read it. Yes, it is a gift of the Spirit that ALL believers have and that INSTANTLY manifest itself at regeneration. Maybe in your world...

See my post #457.

Thanks for the reply. Will reply back when times allows.

Who will do this other than the regenerate?

I marvel at that some people can still fall into the trap of false teaching such as prevenient grace and other forms of conditionalism. The thinking that salvation hangs upon man's choice or is condition upon some would be "ability" to create saving "faith", whether unregenerate OR regenerate...

You still see a built-in "ability" in natural man to be able to believe, only if he wants to? Sin is not so much deadly then, is it?

Yup. Two errors there.

The ones He addressed in Revelation was His church, not the world. None of what you have quoted implies any free will for unregenerate man to choose to believe in Jesus.

Well put indeed.

The people He address there, are they regenerate or unregenerate?

Can you first off notice that the people addressed here were the covenant people of God, not the entirety of mankind? Then notice that when Jesus says, “your children,” He is referring to the general jewish population, and when Jesus says, “you were not willing,” He is referring specifically to...

You may include it to that category.

Do you believe that regenerate men can do this, willfully choose evil? As for the unregenerate, it's hard to see how they can not chose to do evil (other than by outer restraints).

I bump this old thread, dealing with the nature of man. As implied, the Pharisees were advocates of "free will" and did not view unregenerate man as totally depraved.