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I don't disagree about what you said, it's what wasn't said that I would like know about. In your opinion how does free will play into your soteriological view?

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There were two thieves on the cross, hanging on either side of God Himself. They both heard his gracious words and observed how he reacted to everything that was happening. But one believed while the other rejected....in the presence of God Himself. I don't have an answer as to why some believe and others don't. And this is what this whole debate boils down to really. Why do some choose and others not?

We all have faith in that we have the capacity to believe in something. God Himself gave us that capacity as human beings.
God wants people to love Him of their own free will "because he first loved us" the Bible says.. He gives total freedom to choose life or death, the narrow way or the broad way, Jesus or self. God himself gives the invitation to believe and He's basically saying "I hold the keys of death and Hell: choose Jesus and receive Life or you will go to Hell when you die"

 

Synergism is a fallacy. Since when is reaching out and receiving a gift also considered part of the giving of the gift?

 

Problem is that there are NO example sin the bible that shows to us one God determined to save resisted Him saving them!

 

Sinners cannot choose to do other than what their sin natures compel them to do....

 

I think that it would be impossible for sinners to accept Jesus as their Lord apart from the Holy Spirit giving them saving faith and enabling them to respond, as sin natures prefer to stay in the dark

 

1) No
2) No

 

I always wondered how those holding to being able to resist saving Grace handle Paul, as he seemed to have the Lord changed his mind!

 

Must have hit a nerve with that one.

 

I guess it is the right season for chestnuts.
Here are a few more:
1) Does God choose individuals for salvation through faith in the truth?
2) Does anyone not chosen get saved?
3) Does anyone chosen for salvation not become saved forever?
4) Does anyone get transferred into Christ who was not drawn by the Father?
5) Does everyone drawn by the Father get transferred into Christ?

Answers
1) Yes
2) No
3) No
4) No
5) No

 

On some forums, this is known as an "ignore snipe". Where you are shooting at him, but he can't shoot back.

I prefer to call it what it is: a cowardly taunt. You are hiding behind your ignore function so you can't hear his replies, while talking to him, and even taunting him with the fact that he can't reply back to you.

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Dies God grant to His elect the faith needed by them to be used in order to get saved, yes!

 

Guess the Lord wants to save all sinners, but due to him having to honor 'free will", He tied his own hands up, and this leads straight into open Theism!

 

Then you have Classical Arminians, such as myself, who don't believe half of the garbage you think Arminians believe.

 

There are plenty examples of men resisting the will of God for their lives. If God. In His sovereignty allows men to resist certain parts of His permissive will, how can you be sure He does not allow them to resist other parts?