Reply to Mandym:
I hold to Total Depravity – there is no way man, could on his own, have a will or desire to come to God. Man must be pursued by God who opens up his heart to receive the Gospel. In the garden Adam and Eve, once they sinned, hid from God and God pursued them to restore them. When Cain sinned against God with his inappropriate worship God pursued him in order to restore him. God has since pursued man by way of the gospel in order to restore him. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. We love God because He first loved us. God showed his love to us by pursuing us while we were in our sin and rejecting Him. (Genesis 3:9; Genesis 4:6, 7; I John4:19; Romans 5:8)
I hold the God’s Election of the Saints – This election occurs through the sanctification of the Spirit of God and is done on the basis of our belief in Him at which time we are given the power to become the Sons of God according to scripture. God reached out with grace to Adam and Eve and they repented of their sin. God also reached out to Cain who refused the grace of God and remained in his rebellion and was cast out to be a wanderer all the days of his life with the mark of God on him. Adam and Eve are of the elect while Cain is not. (Genesis 4:12; John 1:12; I Peter 1:2)
I hold to a Unlimited Atonement – Atonement was made on behalf of all men. It is a free gift of God who has pursued all men that they may receive eternal life. But some men reject the grace of God which God allows in His sovereignty of all things in creation. (Romans 5:18; 6:23; John 3:19)
I hold to the Grace of God – The grace of God is offered to all men, accepted by some and rejected by many. (John 3:16, 18; Matthew 7:13)
I hold to the Eternal and Secure Salvation of the Saints – Those who do know Him will never turn away from Him. Our salvation is held secure in the power of God. (I Peter 1:3-5)
I hold to Biblical Salvation - No where in scripture does God divide the act of salvation and regeneration. Saints are just Born again. (John 3:16)
Thanks for your clear statement of faith. If I understand your post, you agree with Calvinism and the doctrine of total spiritual inability. That is a false doctrine as demonstrated by Matthew 13, which says some, the first soil have total spiritual inability, but the other three have limited spiritual ability, they can understand the milk of the gospel.
You agree with Arminianism in that election is conditional, based on God choosing those whose trust in Christ He credits as righteousness.
You agree with Arminianism in that you believe as the bible clearly teaches that Christ died for all men, becoming the propitiation or means of salvation for the whole world.
You agree with Arminianism in that you believe salvation is not compelled by irresistible grace, rather salvation is offered through the gospel and can be accepted or rejected. This also is what the Bible teaches.
And you believe in Once Saved, Always Saved.
We disagree on Spiritual Ability, and the timing of our individual election for salvation, but we agree it is based on faith, leaving aside whether foreseen or existent.
Your view is shared by many well studied people, and certainly presents a gospel that will attract rather than push away the lost.