There is a light-year of difference between the two, to be sure.
Why do people reject the gospel? It's because of their nature: we love darkness rather than the light. Only because God intervenes in some of our lives, changes our values so that we are willing to no longer rebel, but submit to him, do any repent.
It's all about "could." The natural man cannot comprehend the things of God, because they are foolishness to him, because they are spiritually discerned.
It's all about "could." The natural man cannot comprehend the things of God, because they are foolishness to him, because they are spiritually discerned.
... and you maintain that God grants no spiritual discernment (at any time, for any period of time) to those that are yet and shall remain unsaved ?