So you do not agree that this a do, a work, that He did something to move in the direction of Salvation.
If your answer is no, then the next question is
Could Billy be saved if he continued to sit on the couch and not give Christianity a thought and did not decided to believe.
You are over thinking this . But to answer your question . NO BILLY WOULD NOT be SAVED if he did that .
But i am telling you , IT WAS GOD who led me to saving faith and a whole change , a whole new desire in my heart .
I did not do this . My flesh was contrary . YET HE reached into my inner conscious and put THAT DESIRE TO DO SO INTO MY HEART .
We are saved soley by grace . Now i do warn folks that if we DONT continue IN CHRIST , you bet we in dire trouble .
AND the one thing that can harden a heart , IS SIN . THUS if one does err , REPENT and FLEE the evil
lest it take your heart away FROM GOD , FROM CHRIST . I Find even this is the working o the SPIRIT
I mean , ITS The SPIRIT that even unctions me to flee the evil and to do the good .
IF GOD were to take HIS SPIRIT from me , would you like to know where i would be . DOING exactly
what it was i did before i was first drawn to CHRIST . EVIL EVIL EVIL .
I have no doubt at all , THAT IT IS SOLEY the GOODNESS OF GOD that works in me and keeps me safe .
BUT i also have no doubt at all , that if i do entertain sin , IT SURE can harden my heart and cause my fall . THAT TOO
comes by warning of the SPIRIT . I just cant take credit for anything GOOD . I just point to GOD to CHRIST .
And remind others to do the same , and yet even that is by the SPIRIT . I FIND that the only righteousness
the only goodness i truly do have , IS and COMES FROM GOD . ON that note , its time to praise the LORD .
MANY folks fall away , and JESUS says why , some lust comes in and chokes the word , or some fear .
THUS my advice for us all , LEARN THAT BIBLCAL JESUS WELL . and even that reminder comes by the SPIRIT .
I guess in truth the only thing i can say is , JESUS CHRIST CAME INTO THE WORLD TO SAVE SINNERS
of whom i was the worst and the only goodness i have even NOW , COMES FROM HIM . JUST cant give myself any credit .
WELL , wait i can . I give myself this credit , I EARNED HELL FIRE THE SECOND DEATH .
Now , LET ME GO PRAISE GOD AGAIN FOR GIVING ME MERCY BY HIS GRACE IN JESUS CHRIST . YALL WONDER
why i PRAISE GOD SO MUCH . CAUSE I know what he forgave me of , and the only reason , FOR WHAT JESUS DID .
AND even then HE STill sends grace and drew me to Christ . TIME TO PRAISE THE LORD is about all i can say .
BUT YES , i promise folks can fall away . WE BETTER HEED the SPIRIT and not the flesh .