Predestination that is.
Free will is biblical. When we choose to lay ourselves bare emotionally and spiritually to God’s will, we have chosen to accept God’s love.
God is love. What type of love is the kind that is mandated. What type of worship and adoration is it if man is made to worship and adore.
No my friend, God did not make us into mind numb robots. We have the freedom to declare Jesus as the Lord of our lives and to invite the Holy Spirit.
Also, scriptures tell us that not even the Son knows the hour in which he will return.
>>Would this theology border on Calvinism?<<
It IS Calvinism, yes. The Reformations’ Canons of Dort, given in response to the Arminian positions of freewill salvation.
>>Free will is biblical<<
Then by all means show me scriptural examples of people “making a choice” to follow God. Paul? James? John? Anyone in the entire book of Acts? (”And all who were appointed to salvation received”, etc) In EVERY case - repentance follows belief. It is never the other way around.
>>What type of love is the kind that is mandated.<<
Everything God does is for his own glory. That includes creating us and bringing us to salvation. We are made to bring him glory - that’s it.
>>to invite the Holy Spirit<<
Again, that suggests that God is somehow limited, and can be stymied by sinful man’s attempts. You are incorrect. Please refer back to the link I originally posted and search the scriptures with an open heart. Let go of your ego and embrace the fact that if you are indeed in Christ, it is not through any doing of your own. God made the first move, and you responded.
>>Also, scriptures tell us that not even the Son knows the hour in which he will return.<<
And your point is?