Subject: IS there any answers out there? |
Bible Note: Dear Ken, You said "I thought I was stating the man could always make choices on his own; a God given ability..." 2 Tim 2:25,26 with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will. This passage, it seems to me, is teaching that God must GRANT repentance that leads to the knowledge of the truth; that unless He does bestow the grace of repentance they will not be lead to knowledge of the truth; will not come to their senses and will remain captive to the will of the devil. Are the captives spoken of a special case, or, is Paul speaking of unregenerate mankind as a whole? John |