Kermos
Well-Known Member
There exists a fatal flaw within the argument of the people promoting free will, that is that the creature must choose Christ at some level. For example, the people promoting free will expouse that people "choose to believe" a.k.a. "choose to put their faith in".I did what the Bible says is needed:
Rom 10:9, That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Rom 10:10, For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Rom 10:11, For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Rom 10:12, For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
Rom 10:13, For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Let us start by examining Romans 10:9-13 for indication of "choose to believe". Here are all occurrences of "believe" with adjacent words:
- "shalt believe in thine heart" (Romans 10:9 - no choice indication here)
- "with the heart man believeth unto righteousness" (Romans 10:10 - no choice indication here)
- "Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed" (Romans 10:11 - no choice indication here)
Romans 10:9 does not contain "choose to believe". Romans 10:10 and Romans 10:11 do not contain "choose to believeth".
Let us next examine the words of the Lord Jesus Christ as recorded by the Apostle John (John 3:16):
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life."
Take notice that Jesus did NOT say "whoever chooses to believe", rather the King of Glory said "whoever believes in Him shall not perish".
The Lord Jesus told us the source (1) for a person to believe, (2) for a person to have belief, and (3) for a person to have faith. Behold, this exchange in which the Lord Jesus Christ declares the source of belief/faith (John 6:28-29):
28 Therefore they said to Him, "What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?"
29 Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent."
A person believing in Jesus whom the Father has sent is the work of God. The Lord Jesus did not say it is a work of a person, no! The Lord Jesus did say believing is the work of God.
A person can do nothing apart from Jesus, for He said:
"apart from Me you can do nothing" (John 15:5)
A person can NOT choose the Lord Jesus Christ, for He said:
"You did not choose Me but I chose you" (John 15:16)
The Apostle John recorded the Lord Jesus Christ saying "You did not choose Me" meaning a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ does not choose Him at any level, but He closed the loop with "but I chose you" declaring that God does the choosing.
We know that the words of Jesus Christ matter tremendously, yet I can not express is sufficiently, but the Master Orator Himself, He expressed the importance of His words perfectly (Matthew 7:21-27):
21 "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven [will enter].
22 "Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?'
23 "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.'
24 "Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.
25 "And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and [yet] it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.
26 "Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
27 "The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell - and great was its fall."
And, again the importance of the words of the Lord Jesus (John 12:48):
"He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day."
It is rejection of the Lord Jesus Christ to not give Him His due glory! Saving faith is for His glory.
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