Ask yourself this question:
Does the person who God regenerates to belief "receive" Christ?
Jean
Person A gets regenerated by God. Since this was done irresistibly, then they have not yet had a conscious thought about belief. Since being an unbeliever is the sign of a lost and not an unregenerate person, then that person must at some point believe. (Interesting thought; is it possible to be regenerated and yet be an unbeliever? It is illogical, therefore, they must be irresisibly implanted with 'believingness' as well.) Since the "believing" and the "receiving" are merely synonymous expressions for the same work, then it is necessary (within a C'vist framework) for the person to be irresistibly brought to receiving Christ after they've been regenerated. That is what I'd expect a calvinist to say. Correct?
Which comes first, receive or believe?