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That is rediculous! God was not responsible for their loss of ability! They acted in Adam as one undivided human nature with FULL RESPONSIBILITY for forfeiting their ability. The willing forfeiture of that ability is found in the very nature of sin and death that separates man from all Spiritual life found in God.

 

The Holy Spirit "Convicts the WORLD of sin and righteousness and judgment" not just Calvinism's FEW of Matt 7.

Christ "Draws ALL " mankind unto Himself John 12:32. Even Calvinists admit that the Drawing of God enables the choice that depravity disabled.

The Holy Spirit says "COME" so that "Whosoever will may COME" to Christ. Rev 22:17

 

John 14-17 deals with apostles and the present work of salvation by the Holy Spirit as well as their future role in salvation to the gentiles/world. Revelation 22:17 does not say "whoseover WILL NOT may come" and no fallen mankind will come except through the regenerating work of the Spirit (Rom. 8:8-9).

 

This actually supports Skan's commentary that the fallen nature is more powerful than the Spirit inspired Word of God.

The reason you didn't respond to the Gospel was not due to inability but suppression of the truth.

 

I have answered this fully and completely already and you could not respond and so you simply ignore it and reassert this nonsensical accusation.

The human nature with full ability acted in the person of Adam and freely forfeited its capability by the act of sin. Sin by its very nature is rebellion against God and rebellion by its very nature SEPARATES you from God, in whom IS LIFE. The nature of man FELL into SIN and DEATH and thus took on the very nature of sin and death which IS rebellion and which IS separation from God. That is the definition of the fallen nature in Romans 8:7-8. It "IS" enmity against God. That is what it "IS" by nature due to the fall into sin as sin "IS" by nature REBELLION AGAINST GOD.

It "IS" not subject to the law of God because sin by nature "IS" resistance against God's of will - this "IS" the Law of sin and this "IS" the fallen nature as this "IS" the nature of the fall in and of itself.

This "IS" the fallen nature by definition of the fall into sin. The fallen nature CANNOT love and yeild to God, it is totally without ability to do so ("neither indeed can be"), BECAUSE it is TOTALLY DEPRAVED, meaning it "IS" enmity against God as it continuous action state of being; and it "IS" not subject to the law of God as its continuous action state of being because that "IS" what sin "IS"!!!!

So if you have not yet figured it out, it was not God, nature or some external force, but THE VERY NATURE OF WHAT SIN IS, is the cause.
As you know "IS" is a STATE OF BEING VERB!

As you know "IS" is ON GOING CONTINUOUS ACTION

 

Here is the total foundation of Skandelon's theology - PURE PHILSOPHICAL RATIONALIZATIONS that are misleading and irrational.

I have directly and specifically answered this objection FOUR TIMES now and how many times has Skandelon responded to my specifics? "0" times! Why? Because he cannot respond so he acts like a parrot and repeats and repeats his nonsense!

I have answered this fully and completely already and you could not respond and so you simply ignore it and reassert this nonsensical accusation.

The human nature with full ability acted in the person of Adam and freely forfeited its capability by the act of sin. Sin by its very nature is rebellion against God and rebellion by its very nature SEPARATES you from God, in whom IS LIFE. The nature of man FELL into SIN and DEATH and thus took on the very nature of sin and death which IS rebellion and which IS separation from God. That is the definition of the fallen nature in Romans 8:7-8. It "IS" enmity against God. That is what it "IS" by nature due to the fall into sin as sin "IS" by nature REBELLION AGAINST GOD.

It "IS" not subject to the law of God because sin by nature "IS" resistance against God's of will - this "IS" the Law of sin and this "IS" the fallen nature as this "IS" the nature of the fall in and of itself.

This "IS" the fallen nature by definition of the fall into sin. The fallen nature CANNOT love and yeild to God, it is totally without ability to do so ("neither indeed can be"), BECAUSE it is TOTALLY DEPRAVED, meaning it "IS" enmity against God as it continuous action state of being; and it "IS" not subject to the law of God as its continuous action state of being because that "IS" what sin "IS"!!!!

So if you have not yet figured it out, it was not God, nature or some external force, but THE VERY NATURE OF WHAT SIN IS, is the cause.
As you know "IS" is a STATE OF BEING VERB!

As you know "IS" is ON GOING CONTINUOUS ACTION

So the answer? The answer is that this is the very essence of what sin "IS" and God warned man of sin and its inherent consequences.

 

Who can make sin righteousness? Can God? Sin IS what it IS and the fallen nature IS the "law of sin" at work. What IS sin? Is it not rebellion against God and thus "not subject to the law of God" or can sin BE righteousness???

Sin IS enmity against God can you change it to being LOVE for God?

Sin IS inherently enmity against God and resistance against God and not even God can make sin something that it IS not and your fallen nature IS what sin IS. That is why man MUST be born again and given a NEW nature as not even God can make SIN and the "law of sin" righteous.

 

That is like asking if God could simply explain darkness into light without any creative act in Genesis 1:2-3. No amount of mere rationalization can change enmity into love.

What you are failing to grasp is that there is NO SALVATION for the fallen nature either before or after regeneration (Rom. 7:18, 24). The fallen nature does not change in the regeneated man, it is simply either subdued by the power of the Holy Spirit or else it assumes control. That is why anything a saved person does for the glory of God must originate from the new creation and by the power of God - "for it is God that worketh in you both TO WILL and TO DO of His good pleasure."

First, he is a child OF SATAN and does not belong to God's family. Second, he is an enemy BY NATURE (and that is what you can't grasp) and it requires NEW BIRTH to become part of God's family and to love God. In the book of first John there is a repeated Greek construction that requires new birth before any man can do righteousness, love God or believe in Christ. In each case "born of God" is Aorist tense verb whereas the "doeth....loveth....beleiveth" are all present tense participles. The KJV translates them properly as IDENTFICAL or SIMLETANEOUS action "is born."

First there is NO Father child relationship existent. Second the fallen nature does not change (you don't seem to grasp this). So your whole basis for rationalization is simply false.

Yes, the mind must obtain the right information as the "substance" of faith provides the basis for "hope" in regard to salvation. But correct informtion alone is not sufficient to obtain saving faith because saving faith requires more then correct mental facts. There must be comprehension by the mind in union with committment/trust through an embracing heart. The lost man is wholly without that ability due to what he is by nature - Rom. 8:7 - and nothing can reverse or change that nature due to what it "is." Salvation can only be obtained through divine creation of a "NEW HEART" and a "NEW SPIRIT" which are conducive to that message (Ezek. 36:26; 2 Cor. 3:3-6; 4:6; Deut. 29:4; Jer. 31:33-34; Heb. 8, 10; etc.).

The Bible says that inqiuiity was "FOUND IN" Lucifer! The Bible does not say sin was "designed" by Lucifer or by God. Man did not design sin. Satan did not design sin. Sin is the absence of righteousness, light and love. Sin by its very nature is enmity to God. Sin by its very nature separates from God. The fallen nature is a nature that operates by the "law of sin."

You still don't understand the simple fact that there is no salvation for the fallen nature - never - at any time - but that it must be destroyed in death or in the rapture. It is not who shall save this "body of death" but rather who shall "DELIVER ME FROM" this body of death. This body must either die or be miraculously transformed so that the law of sin/corruption is destroyed.

There is no APPEAL that can woo the fallen nature which is governed by the law of sin to be anythng other than what it "IS" by nature. The law of sin is the nature of the lost man and only by creating a NEW HEART and a NEW SPIRIT by divine fiat can there be any aspect within fallen man that is gospel prone.

 

Let's examine your choice of terms more closely that you are attempting to put in my mouth. The language above is really nonsensical.

1. First a "regenerate" man demands a change has already occurred as no man comes into this world regenerated.

2. Second, you want to confuse what an unregenerated man is by nature with what a regenerated man is NOT BY NATURE as the new birth is not a product of nature but by miraculous divine creation.

3. Third, my view properly worded and expressed by you would be, "so you are arguing that the unregenerated man doesn't get his fallen nature changed, made new, but God provides by divine fiat an ADDITIONAL NEW NATURE never existent within fallen man prior to that point?"

Your question infers you do not believe saved persons have two conflicting natures. So you would interpret Romans 7:14-25 as the lost man and Galatians 5:16-17 and Ephesians 4 (put on....put off) as external influences upon the saved man. Is that correct?

Because the regenerate nature is gospel prone but the fallen nature is gospel resistant.

 

ALL truth is powerful, whether scientific truth, mathmatical truth, philsophical truth as it all dispells ignorance. However, the truth has no power whatsoever to make substantive changes. It can expose but not change anything inherently evil.

Note the context of these words. The truth did not change unbelief to belief in those in verse 64 because it was not "given" unto them by the Father (v. 65). Verse 65 demands something additional to truth for faith to come into existence. Something that must be "given" unto them.

Note the contrast in the context. "The flesh profiteth nothing" and verse 64 provides an example of "the flesh" in response to truth. Truth did not have any effect on changing "the flesh" and NEVER WILL.

Jesus is referring to the CONTENT of his words. His words in CONTENT are spiritual and life. If merely by speaking such words they PRODUCE spirit and life then that is the effectual call.

This is like asking if God is sovereign over a character trait! Is God sovereign over love or "IS" God love? Sin IS enmity to God and IS rebellion/resistance to God's will and NEVER CAN BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN IT IS. If its inherent nature is changed it no longer exists. God does not change, redeem, save the law of sin but DESTROYS it in death and glorification of the body.