kosta-"That's odd, coming from a Calvinist....but luckily the Church never took isolated quotes and stopped, but kept on reading."
Not really. God made all of us exactly as we are. There is not one thing that you have that has not been given you by God including your hopes, desires, faith, etc. God fashioned each of us according to His purpose.
And, I believe, you will find that is the conclusion the early Christians came to after they finished reading.
kosta-"That's odd, coming from a Calvinist..."
HarleyD - "Not really. God made all of us exactly as we are. There is not one thing that you have that has not been given you by God including your hopes, desires, faith, etc. God fashioned each of us according to His purpose."
Right. Harley, I take your statements to mean that only the elect will ever WANT to know God. God gives this grace only to His elect. All others will never have the desire to know God, because it is not in man's sinful nature to seek God. Therefore, all get what they want.