Had to pull your words out of quote.. Flaw of being unable to edit after a time expires
Most of what you say here is true. Grace is extended to all. Faith, however, is not.
Faith is extended to all. However. Not everyone will trust God.
the ability to trust in God in all is there. romans 1 makes this clear. It is not God who keeps it from them, it is them who hide it in their hearts. and deny it..
thgats why they have no excuse
And saying that I don't believe faith is necessary is not so. I'm simply saying spiritually dead individuals don't do spiritually alive things.
Trusting in God to recieve his salvation is not a spiritually alive thing, it is Gods demand that must be completed for one to be made spiritually alive.
in order for this to happen. God must give that spiritually dead person the ability to chose.
You call this being born again, but it can't be. God does not make people alive while still under the penalty of sin.. the penalty must be removed first.
I call it the drawing of God and all he does to bring people to faith. or force a person to reject him.
God gets the glory in all ways
Biblically, hearing isn't mere auditory hearing. It is hearing with understanding.
Yes. Its why Jesus said in John 6 we literally must gnaw and chew on the word.. We do not just taste it. we savor it. we test it, we inspect it.
if we like it we react to it. If we do not. we do not react.
He who believes i no longer condemned, he who does not believe remains in a condemned state
Philippians 1:29 says...for unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on Him, but...Faith is given to believers. It is produced by the Holy Spirit employing the word of God...faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Yes. but as proven in John 6 and all through the gospels. the words were given to man, and they heard.
But not everyone believed.
the spirit gives life. the words are spirit and life.
faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word
lack of faith comes by hearing, and not believing the word.
Word of God yields hearing.
Hearing yields faith.
yes but not everyone has faith. so the word. while it has power. it must be believed to be accepted and trusted.
It is always an act of God when someone truly believes.
never said otherwise. But the person still must believe
Jesus was sent to the house of Israel. he cried over them lamenting the fact he continually through the years wanted to gather them as a mother hen, but they were unwilling
So, far from finding faith unnecessary, it is vital to becoming a Christian. But for it to occur, the Holy Spirit must already be working in an individual.
if i am already born again, the wage of sin is already removed. hence faith is unnecessary
While I do agree that God may do this over a period of time, making use of learning and experience, faith comes at a particular point in time. One didn't believe, and now they do.
True, but that not caused by regeneration. regeneration is caused by the fact they were justified. and justification is through faith
And my apologies. I didn't mean to infer upon you things you do not believe. Grace and peace.
No problem and accepted Praise God for his love and forgiveness
That well might be lesson101 in the book of life, Proper Submittance (and that has no regard to reproductive organs other than in the context of reproduction).
