Understanding God’s election
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Give me one verse that speaks of the natural man using his free will while under the power and influence of the evil one, taken captive to the will of the devil, to choose to believe with his incurably wicked heart that which is foolishness to him, while he is hostile in his mind toward God, opposed to spiritual things which he can neither receive nor comprehend, a slave to sin, lover of darkness, and suppressing the truth in unrighteousness??? I have yet to see even ONE. All your talk about volition has no Biblical support at all. Zero!
You refuse to even acknowledge some of them, and you stand opposed to others. Intact? Good of
you to acknowledge that your denials of Scripture truth do not even amount to a hill of beans.
2 Peter 1:1 To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours: Jude 1:3 contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints. Acts 13:48 all who were appointed for eternal life believed. Acts 16:14 The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message. John 6:44 “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him." John 6:37a Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me. Philippians 1:6 being confident of this, that He Who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion. Philippians 1:29 For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him. Romans 12:3b think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you. 2 Timothy 2:25b hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth. Isaiah 65:1 “I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me." God foreknew, chose, predestined, and saved us.
you to acknowledge that your denials of Scripture truth do not even amount to a hill of beans.
2 Peter 1:1 To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours: Jude 1:3 contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints. Acts 13:48 all who were appointed for eternal life believed. Acts 16:14 The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message. John 6:44 “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him." John 6:37a Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me. Philippians 1:6 being confident of this, that He Who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion. Philippians 1:29 For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him. Romans 12:3b think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you. 2 Timothy 2:25b hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth. Isaiah 65:1 “I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me." God foreknew, chose, predestined, and saved us.
And even more biblical truth about the human heart that is inconvenient for you.
And quit with dumb straw men already! I know I exercised my will when I believed the gospel; for on that day God graciously made me willing. I was like Baalam in that I could not refuse the truth and had to confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. God did not bring me to the point of delivery (new birth) only to leave me hanging high and dry. Or did God leave Sarah high and dry and not fulfill his promise to Abraham through her? Or did God bring her to the point of delivery AND open her womb so that she could conceive?
And quit with dumb straw men already! I know I exercised my will when I believed the gospel; for on that day God graciously made me willing. I was like Baalam in that I could not refuse the truth and had to confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. God did not bring me to the point of delivery (new birth) only to leave me hanging high and dry. Or did God leave Sarah high and dry and not fulfill his promise to Abraham through her? Or did God bring her to the point of delivery AND open her womb so that she could conceive?
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