16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
I am not up for a debate on the five points. I’m amidst a busy week. All I will say is that verse is a weak response to John 6:44. I’m embarrassed to say that’s just the kind of response I used to have. A careful look at the text reveals that John 3:16 teaches that everyone who believes in Christ will be saved. Whoever believes will receive everlasting life. The text says nothing, absolutely nothing, about who will ever believe. It says nothing about fallen man’s natural moral ability to believe. Reformed people and non-Reformed people both heartily agree that all who believe will be saved.
By the way, in John 6:44, Christ HIMSELF said: “No man can come to Me unless the Father who hath sent Me draw him; and I will raise him up at the Last Day.”
No man can come to Me unless God...