Shouldn't you say, I may get there." "I will" is an expression of intent and determination.
***If I choose to cooperate with God's grace, then I know that I will acheive salvation.***
If you make it, you will have something to boast about, then!
Please. I thought you were above this silly type of arguing?
I threw in a handful of "with the grace of God"'s into my post. Do I need to get pedantic and use them everywhere?
Don't you know any better?
If I say that "I" am doing something, this is with the undersanding that it is actually God working through me.
Do you honestly think, after all I have said that I am some sort of Pelagian?
SD
The point is... your view is synergistic, semi-Pelagian.
***If I say that "I" am doing something, this is with the undersanding that it is actually God working through me***
You are also saying you can frustrate the working of God or cooperate with it with the result effecting your eternity. You then are ultimately the deciding factor. Thereby, giving you reason to commend yourself.
Call this argument silly if you wish. I consider it highly substantive.
***"I will" is an expression of intent and determination.***
intent = I want to
determination = I will try to
When I say I will make it, it is a fact based upon God's promise and dependability. It is a matter of His intent and His determinatiuon.