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Ok, please explain the difference between unconditional election and unmerited election?

peace to you

 

Not certain your terms are correct, but I think you are attempting to present that under the typical view of non - Arminian folks, the lost cannot be held responsible.

There are those who might take that thinking as an excuse not to agree to the opposing view.

But it is inaccurate and the premise if faulty.

The thinking is faulty because it presents that somehow folks are not given a choice. This is contrary to John 1 where the Scriptures state that light is given to every person. It is also contrary to Romans 1 where the law is written on every persons heart, and God is demonstrated by the natural world order and bodies.

John 1 states that folks reject the light, and Romans 1 declares humans refuse and are rebellious toward the law.

The inaccuracy of the premise resides in the problem concerning the human capabilities.

When one rebels against God, and turns from the light, they do not retain innocence, nor do they remain unshackled.

Rather, the Scriptures present the person as a slave, bound and unable to be unbound by their will, their toil, or their heritage.

Therefore, when God declares one for Himself, He redeems that person from the slave market and removes them from ever being sold into slavery again. Not only does He redeem them, He repurposes and re-clothes them. And because that is not enough, God then adopts that person as His own child.

All are condemned already, sold into slavery, and able to choose only what this life and world has to offer.

Only God, of His good pleasure and mercy will choose to Himself those of His purpose.

In our Western culture of ease and pleasures, this may seem unfair, but look upon those who suffer greatly because of the claim God has on them. Great is their reward! And those of us who live without rebuke, how shameful we will be in their presence.

God never redeems one to pleasure, but to purpose. Does this world offer any friendliness to a believer, then either they are not a believer, or they are not living with purpose.

 

Yes. As he continues to turn from scripture in other areas, all his theology will slide down.

 

Man is responsible for his sins regardless what you aver. What unconditional election teaches is that out of all of Adam’s fallen posterity, the elect were no different than the non-elect. There was nothing special in them that was missing in the non-elect, neither were the non-elect more wicked than the elect, thereby causing God to choose the elect over the non-elect. Every condition that needed met in regards to salvation was met by Christ via His sinless life, His brutal beatings and death, His burial, and subsequent resurrection and ascension to the Father. No other condition(s) need to be met.

 

1 Corinthians 12:3

 

Well, imputation teaches that whatever is imputed to someone, whether it be Adam’s guilt or Christ’s righteousness, God treats them as if they were the one(s) who did it.

When Adam fell, all his posterity fell, being in Adam. His guilt was imputed to them and God deals with them accordingly. This was solely the doing of one man, Adam. And Paul makes that ascertain when he stated, Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned⁠—[Romans 5:12]. Through not fault, or doing, of our own, we were conceived sinners, conceived dead in Adam, deserving of hell. It is only via God’s grace that any of us our saved.

Adam is responsible for causing us to be conceived dead in Adam, but we are all responsible for whatever sins we commit.

 

You posted Matthew 7:21. 1 Corinthians 12:3 says no one can call Jesus Lord except by the Spirit.

 

Errrmmm, you’re teaching works. No one can do the will of the Father while being devoid of the Holy Spirit. Unless the Spirit first quickens them, they cannot do the Father’s will. No one does the will of the Father and then receive the Holy Spirit. That’s the very definition of works.

 

and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.[Romans 5:8]

The lost are in the flesh and cannot please God. Why? They are devoid of faith, and faith pleases Him, per Hebrews 11:6.

The only reason why the elect are saved is not because they met a certain condition, or conditions, but because God showed them grace, love, and mercy.

 

So, if sin is not imputed when there is no law, why were the antediluvian ppl destroyed? #RiddleMeThis

 

Your view of receiving the gift and my view are polar opposites. Your view, if I’m understanding it correctly, is God holds out the gift of eternal life, yet only those who reach out and take it are saved. That’s works. If we have to do ANYTHING to be saved, then it is the cross PLUS what we did, that caused us to be saved.

Eternal life is being born again unilaterally by the working of the Holy Spirit. Being born again is what causes one to exercise faith and repentance and being saved. All of this, being born again and exercising faith and repentance happen simultaneously.

 

This ^^^^^^^

I notice the OP has not understood this ^^^^^^^