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To: Gamecock

There’s only one truly “free will,” and that’s God’s. All other wills are subject to His. Including Satan’s.

I know there are those who claim they chose Him, but Scripture declares otherwise:

Joh 1:13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

So being born again isn’t a product of our will, but God’s will. Those are absolute negations.

Repentance itself is a gift from God:

2Ti 2:25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

Faith itself is a gift from God:

Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Those are also absolute negations.

So neither salvation, repentance or faith are the products of human will.


59 posted on 12/19/2014 8:58:36 AM PST by afsnco
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To: afsnco

Exactly.

Tell all those folks grousing upstream!


60 posted on 12/19/2014 9:02:14 AM PST by Gamecock (Joel Osteen is a preacher of the Gospel like Colonel Sanders is an Army officer.)
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