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Repeating a falsehood shows irrationality.
Why is that nameless doctrine advocate desperately trying to change the subject? His mistaken doctrine denies people would seek God (they all hate God and run from light). So these who had seemed to seek God and His righteousness demonstrate the falseness of his doctrine.

How are we supposed to stimulate others to love God and keep His commands? The churches from which they left would seem in need of such a discussion. Could discipleship be part of the answer?

When a person believes in the "name" of Christ, what is the idea. Name refers to what is known about Christ, i.e. Son of God, Messiah, Lamb of God, Savior, etc. Does His Name include all He commanded? Should it?

 

Note the effort to change the subject from why are three times as many people leaving Mainline churches as leaving Evangelicals, to an attack on me.

The mistaken doctrines of the dark ages are hindering evangelism big time.

How are we supposed to stimulate others to love God and keep His commands? The churches from which they left would seem in need of such a discussion. Could discipleship be part of the answer?

When a person believes in the "name" of Christ, what is the idea. Name refers to what is known about Christ, i.e. Son of God, Messiah, Lamb of God, Savior, etc. Does His Name include all He commanded? Should it?

 

Did anyone say people put their faith in Christ without the drawing of God.
Does Romans 3:10-11 say no one ever seeks God?

LOL - as if I had not done so time after time. Here it is again.

1 Corinthians 3: 1-3 - And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ. 2 I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able, 3 for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men?​

Therefore men of flesh can understand spiritual milk, but not spiritual meat. So the things of the Spirit that natural men cannot understand are spiritual meat, 1 Cor. 2:14.

There is absolute no scriptural support anywhere in the bible for total spiritual inability. Limited, yes.

 

Returning to topic, why are three times as many people from Mainstream churches leaving than from Evangelical churches? What can be do to stimulate love for God and observing all Christ commanded?

When a person believes in the "name" of Christ, what is the idea. Name refers to what is known about Christ, i.e. Son of God, Messiah, Lamb of God, Savior, etc. Does His Name include all He commanded? Should it?

 

Returning to topic, why are three times as many people from Mainstream churches leaving than from Evangelical churches? What can be do to stimulate love for God and observing all Christ commanded?

When a person believes in the "name" of Christ, what is the idea. Name refers to what is known about Christ, i.e. Son of God, Messiah, Lamb of God, Savior, etc. Does His Name include all He commanded? Should it?

 

Where I was trying to go is the assertion that the Name of Christ includes "all He commanded." Thus when someone believes on His Name, they have at least a working knowledge of what He taught. While it is true no one can keep all He commanded, it is also true we are to strive to do so. There is a lot more to biblical Christianity than what those leaving mentioned, indicating they were never disciplined. The ground was not tilled. They had no deep root within themselves.

 

We are not talking about those God saved. We are talking about those God chose not to save. Why did He not credit their faith as righteousness? Was it because they had no root?

If you are say God provides faith supernaturally, such as with irresistible grace, that view is bogus. Blaming God for our ineffective ministry is without merit.

 

You can disregard the scriptural evidence I have provided countless times to demonstrate it is bogus. But OTOH, you did not offer any evidence of support from scripture.

If only people under the compulsion of irresistible grace sought God, how do you explain those seeking God but failing to achieve righteousness? Romans 9:30-33

If only people under the compulsion of irresistible grace sought God, how do you explain the rich young ruler? Mark 10:17-27

If only people under the compulsion of irresistible grace sought God, how do you explain the men entering the kingdom being blocked? Matthew 23:13.

Bottom line, the grace that draws us to Christ is resistible.

 

I am fine with that.

Back to topic, why are people who once professed Christ leaving the church?

Because they had no root within themselves. Because those who brought them the gospel failed to till the ground, or planted but did not water?

What can we do to stimulate love for God and observing all Christ commanded?

When a person believes in the "name" of Christ, what is the idea. Name refers to what is known about Christ, i.e. Son of God, Messiah, Lamb of God, Savior, etc. Does His Name include all He commanded? Should it?