“Therefore, every man saved is saved against his own will:”
No. As the famous Protestant Spurgeon said: A man is not saved against his will, but he is made willing by the operation of the Holy Ghost. A mighty grace which he does not wish to resist enters into the man, disarms him, makes a new creature of him, and he is saved.
I adhere to the Bible, not to Spurgeon or any other theologian. On each point, if they agree with the Bible, I agree with them. If not, I don’t.
Now we’re just playing word games with the word will.
A man is “made willing” ?
That implies he was not willing in the first place, otherwise why would he need to be “made” willing ?
So, in truth, it was against the man’s will. Then the Holy Ghost changed his will.
I guess then we get into defining the word will.
Word games.
And this is unscriptural:
“A mighty grace which he does not wish to resist enters into the man”
because every man is a sinner, and, left up to him, he would reject God.
If that were not the case, some sinners could boast that they are saved because they were righteous enough to “do the right thing” and “let God” save them.
Ephesians 2
“8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.”