[annalex]

the ability to repent is a gift from God.

No disputing that. The point is, no free will - no repentance.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

ME: the ability to repent is a gift from God.

YOU: No disputing that. The point is, no free will - no repentance.

LOL. You just "disputed" my statement after agreeing with it.

If the ability to repent and the desire to repent and the will to repent all come from God alone, then the phantasmagorical self-deception of free will matters not in the least.

"For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure." -- Philippians 2:13