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the reason to speak in tongues is for the empowerment of the ones hearing it there is actual power in it when you speak in tongues like supernatural power and is often used to either worship and praise God or testify to unbelievers

ok so did you make an active decision to accept what was done for you or was the decision made for you?

yes faith is given to us from God in measure

so you believe you were already saved from birth then? sorry I may have misunderstood you here I am just making sure

yes this is true what is being questioned is whether or not one can choose to accept what he has done on the cross. Do you believe you were saved from birth or did you have to come to salvation?

yes it is God who quickens but there are several meanings of being quickened

it doesn't say accept but it does say believe John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. to believe in something is up to youor you can not believe

the key word is after

true but then that would mean we are already saved and there is no point in accepting christ but before salvation the debt is still there. True enough we cannot pay the debt and salvation is not done by us but by Christ the choosing to accept salvation and Christ is what is in question here...

yes he does draw us that I agree with

yes but I have to accept the debt being paid off it only can be paid off by you and have nothing to with me assuming that the gift is already paid for without my knowledge

turned.... yet another term of actively choosing.

well to recieve one has to decide to recieve or reject something now if it said imparted that would be different but it doesn't

to believe in Christ or not for your salvation

yes exactly the gift meaning we can choose to accept it or not it is not forced upon us.

hmmm.... well to exercise faith would be acting upong the gift of salvation while believing would be when we are accepting faith unless I am mistaken

I wouldn't say there is no choice, otherwise we could not recieve the gift of salvation you can choose to accept a gift or not but the gift is not your own to recieve rather it is being given to you by the one who is giving it

according to google it says this .To quicken also means a reviving, a refreshing, an increasing of life (Psalms 71:20; 85:6; 119:37,40,88; Isaiah 57:10). It often has reference to the resurrection from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:36) and is so used in many places in the King James Version. so...

oh so being quickened is when we are saved then?

and that is what some reject some believe there is no choice at all others believe he does not want all to be saved but were predetermined to be saved via election but if I am not mistaken the scriptures themselves even say he desires that all come to Christ