[xzins]

"Thus, the once dead sinner is drawn to Christ by the inward supernatural call of the Spirit who through regeneration makes him alive and creates within him faith and repentance. The special inward call of the Spirit never fails to result in the conversion of those to whom it is made. This special call is not made to all sinners, but it is issued to the elect only!

The above includes the excerpt you quoted from Maxey. Recall that he is here explaining the calvinist view -- the wrong view proposed by man. He goes on in the 2nd section to propose the proper view taught by God in the bible.

I can't tell from your post if you caught that or not. If you did, I'm sorry.

If opposing government brings damnation, then it is paralleled by a higher order resistance that results in ultimate damnation -- to ultimately resist God is to result in not being saved.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

If you believe that God can be resisted by man, then you have a man who is equal to or superior to God. Therefore, God is not transcendent over his creature. He would not be sovereign and He would be, therefore, no longer God.

Second, the operation of grace in the heart of an individual is such that the individual is made able and willing to believe. Therefore, the individual is irresistibly drawn to God. At the same time, the individual never does anything against his will. The person actually wants to be a Christian.

The doctrine of irresistible grace is such a comfort because it says that God will overcome any device erected by an individual to reconcile that person to God. If salvation depended on my assent to anything before God moved, then I would be lost.

[Hank Kerchief]

...he is here explaining the calvinist view -- the wrong view proposed by man. He goes on in the 2nd section to propose the proper view taught by God in the bible.

I can't tell from your post if you caught that or not....

I hadn't "caught that" when I posted, but did aftwards. You beat me to the correction however, which saves me the trouble, thanks!

My point remains the same, however.

Hank