[CynicalBear]

>> I find it somewhat ironic that the people who walk down the aisles singing “I surrender all” are so unwilling to surrender their free will.<<

Whoever said they are unwilling to surrender their free will? Understanding that people have to take some responsibility is not claiming that one is unwilling to give up their free will. It’s simply acknowledging that there is some personal responsibility.

>> The semi-Pelagian clings to their free will as if their salvation is dependent on it;<<

Now why you would you inject something like that? No one here has stated any such thing that I have seen. In every post that I have seen there is the underlying premise that but for the grace of God and His calling none would be saved. If the position of those who think “we are just along for the ride” is so weak that those types of statements have to be made rather than backing up their beliefs with scripture it gets rather obvious that their beliefs are not sound.

[P-Marlowe]

It’s simply acknowledging that there is some personal responsibility.

We are responsible for our sins. We are not responsible for our salvation.

If we were responsible for our salvation, then the blood of Christ is only partially sufficient. If we are responsible for our salvation, then we become our own Saviors. We become co-redemptors in our eternal destiny.