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If God hasnt called you, how could you believe in the gospel? He has to call you so that you can believe. This is why the “free will” thing is so dangerous. Before anyone is regenerated, they could care less about the gospel or their sin or Jesus’ atonement. Its not untill God regenerates them that they are even able to accept the gospel and have faith. You have to be regenerated first before you’ll ever have faith.
If God hasnt called you, how could you believe in the gospel?
RC Sproul ladies and gentlemen.
Give me one example in the Bible where someone is regenerated born again before they believe the gospel.
You cant do it!
This proves your theology is only theory
It is not based on evidence.
Give me just one example Lifelong sinner
RC Sproul ladies and gentlemen.
uhmmm your question is confusing, but here goes. All of the disciples were regenerated before faith. In luke 5, Jesus tells peter to throw his net out, peter says we’ve been fishing all nite with nothing to show, but peter did it and his net was so full. There was no gospel sharing there. And when peter saw this, he immediately kneeled before Jesus and called Him Lord. Literally EVERY person that has ever been saved had to be regenerated by God before they could even acknowledge they were a sinner even.
Friend, I'm sorry but you are blind!
How does God call us?
I taught you already,
Get it out of your head, the calvinist error that lost sinners do not have the ability to believe and obey God.
People come to faith in Jesus by hearing the gospel taught to them.
2Thessalonians 2:14,
-to which He called you by our gospel for obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 10:17,
-so then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God(the word of God is His gospel)
The Bible teaches faith comes to those by hearing the gospel preached to them.
This proves the lost can believe and obey the gospel.
God has given this gift to all men.
1John 2:2,
-and Jesus Himself is the propitiation for our sins(those already elected)
And not for ours only but also for the whole world (the lost who have not yet been elected)
Everyone has the ability to have faith in Christ through the hearing of the gospel
We war against sin until we are glorified and the flesh is dead!
Of course, but the elect are those who choose to be elected.not true. Only the elect will be saved.
Of course, but the elect are those who choose to be elected.
EVERY person that has ever been saved had to be regenerated by God before they could even acknowledge they were a sinner even
Friend you are not saved
Your own words.
What do you call yourself?
Lifelong sinner
I hope you can overcome your sinful desire that has taken control of your life.i call myself many things; unsaved, non elect, condemned, law breaker, unrighteous, lost. Im sure theres more to describe me, but those are what comes to mind.
If you did, then salvation would be by yourself and not God
i call myself many things; unsaved, non elect, condemned, law breaker, unrighteous, lost. Im sure theres more to describe me, but those are what comes to mind.
I showed you how to get Saved...You appear uninterested.....so now you can add one more thing to the description of yourself—— “Without Excuse”...
Hello, Lifelong sinner,
I listened to the whole video from RC Sproul.
When he teaches that men are in their flesh.
That the flesh is only wicked, immoral and can only desire sin.
You may have never heard what I am going to tell you,
Calvinism is a rebirth of Gnosticism.
If you are not familiar with Gnosticism,
You need to begin to study it.
You will be amazed that they teach exactly what RC Sproul taught about the flesh in the video you posted.
The gnostics, btw, they are still around to this day,
teach that the flesh is immoral, corrupt.
The gnostics denied that Jesus was God in the flesh.
The reason why is, they claim Deity could never take on the form of flesh.
Only those who are depraved, dirty are flesh.
They teach you must be seperated from the flesh to be enlightened.
Heres where gnostics and RC Sproul error.
They seem to be ignorant that mankind is more than flesh and blood.
Man is a triune being just as God is,
O, yes our flesh also has a Soul!
And this Soul is everlasting.
It is not flesh. It is spirit.
Just as God is Spirit.
We can believe and desire God while still lost because we have more than just flesh and bones.
God created man in His image.
We have souls that desire God.
1Thessalonians 5:23,
-Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit soul and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
I hope you can overcome your sinful desire that has taken control of your life.
I worry about you, and your family.
I will pray for you to be well, physically and spiritually.
God gave all an invitation.
God invites us to come to Him.
God gives conditions to come to Him.
Those conditions are HIS TERMS not ours.
I must submit to His conditions for Him to give me His gift.
I am not making the decision on how I will be saved.
I am submitting to His conditions.
God calls us to faith,
God calls us to repentance,
God calls us to publicly confess our faith in Him,
God calls us to be baptized in His name.
If I do His will,
How am I saving myself without God?
Without doing the will of the Father, Son, Holy Spirit,
No man can save himself.
When a man does His will God saves us and we play a part in our salvation but we do not save ourselves apart from God.
Only God has the power to take away the sins of the world, John 1:29.
Revelation 22:17,
-And the Spirit and the bride say Come! And let him who hears say Come! And let him who thrists come. WHOEVER DESIRES, let him take the water of life freely.
Acts 2:40,
-And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying save yourselves from this perverse generation.
Man plays a part in his salvation.
Gods part, Grace Mans part, Faith
God only saves those who meet His qualifications.
Hebrews 5:8-9
That is not what I was commenting on. You made this statement, which does not represent the freedom we have in Christ:Sorry friend but you simply do not understand Christian's are under Jesus' law.
It must be obeyed.
The law of Moses never saved anyone.
The gospel of Christ must be obeyed, it has the power to save.
Galatians 6:2,
-Bear one another's burdens and so fullfill the law of Christ.
Christ's new law all are under sets one free!
Law of Moses puts one in bondage,
-Galatians 3:10,
-For as many as are of the works of the law of Moses are under a curse...
Galatians 5:1,
-Standfast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free,
And do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage(law of Moses)
James 1:25,
-but he who looks into the perfect law of liberty(the law of Christ)
And continues in it. And is not a forgetful hearer but a DOER of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
dont you think i’ve tried that? For the last 3 yrs, without any success. I’ve asked the Lord more times than i can remember, i’ve repented more times than i can remember. None of it has worked.
When you talk about “ Repentance”, are you talking about “ repenting from sin?” If you ” are” doing that, its no wonder you find yourself “ spinning your wheels”.....The Repentance That Saves is not being sorry for sin ( was there anybody ever more “sorry” than Judas? He is damned ).....The Repentance That Saves is not “Turning over a New Leaf” ....
The word “ Repentance” comes from the Greek word “ metanoia” that literally means “ mind change” ...
Trusting the Gospel Found In 1Cor15:1-4 is what Saves a man today...that Gospel is “ foolishness” to those that Perish.....If you never saw the NEED to Trust in the Gospel ( acknowledging that you are a Sinner That can’t save himself by being “ good enough” ) and after that ,Choosing NOT to Believe it , you are completely Lost.....If you Repent, or Change your Mind about the Truth Of The Gospel ( seeing that you need it and choosing to put your trust in *IT* alone as your+means of Salvation) you have accomplished the only “ Repenting” That God commands in order to GET and STAY Saved.....