Nothing says your only flesh.
"Only the born again can repent"
Chapter and verse.
I can quote scripture all day, show me the backwards version.
Acts 11
18When they heard this, they quieted down and glorified God, saying, “Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the repentance
that leads to life.”
REPENTANCE THAT LEADS TO LIFE
He does not say Life that leads to repentance.
What would he have to say to show you its REPENTANCE that leads to life?
John 5
40and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life.
Notice Jesus doesn't say Well I am not willing that you have life so you won't come to Me.
John 6
53So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves.
Again its not BACKWARDS-----> Unless I choose to give you life then you will eat the flesh and drink the blood.
John 20
31but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.
SAME ORDER AGAIN AND AGAIN. Doesn't say you have LIFE then you will believe.
Acts 15
9and He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
Heart is cleansed by FAITH.
Doesn't say heart gets cleansed regenerated which brings faith.
James 1
18Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
He got us with the word of truth. You would say a reprobate would not even recognize the word. That he would have to begat us first to finally recognize the truth.
We can keep going and going.
I think part of the problem is the lack of humility to accept THE GOSPEL as GOD's actual DIVINE MEANS by which he changes the heart of a person rather than a qualification for change.
Its not a invisible button on your back, but the visible word of the Lord that is Jesus Christ.
Its WITH THE WORD OF TRUTH which we are reborn.