Subject: Inability? |
Bible Note: NC Oh how I love to battle heretics Has any Calvinist ever said it isn't US who believes and repents? NO! So get your facts straight before you misrepresent us with your straw man arguments! WE ARE REQUIRED AND COMMANDED TO BELIEVE AND REPENT. IT IS US WHO BELIEVE AND REPENT, NOT GOD FOR US. However, ONLY AFTER GOD's GIVES THIS GIFT (FAITH and REPENTANCE) can you DO it. Do you get it? You CANNOT do it UNLESS YOU ARE ENABLED by the gift of faith. Why is that so hard for you to understand??? You also wrote: """SO DOES GOD COMMAND US TO DO SOMETHING HE HAS NOT FIRST ENABLED US TO DO? YES OR NO"" Absolutely. If we were able to do what God commands, then JESUS ON THE CROSS IS MEANINGLESS. Of course, you don't understand the cross either. My theological bias comes from God's word which shows me how utterly inable we are to come to Christ for who He truly is without the active force of His grace working to that end. Which is why I can have a little bit of patience with you. :) Thanks for the beautiful verses! Who believes? Who confesses? Sincerely, JIBBS |