[drstevej]

You have articulated an Arminian view of salvation. Calvinism teaches that the drawing of the Holy Spirit includes regeneration. He opens a heart (eg. Lydia). Regeneration in Calvinistic theology logically preceeds faith (although this is instantaneous).

JOHN 6
37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.

44 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

[snerkel]

JOHN 6:37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.

44 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

Those verse do not refute my statement. Verse 37 states you still have to come to Him, does it not? Also, I stated that we are drawn by the Holy Spirit. According to Ephesians 2:18, it is through the Holy Spirit that we have access to the Father.