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If the dispute is about Free-'will' or Free-Grace, the 'power' of the one, and the Efficacy of the other, in a sinner’s Regeneration and Conversion;

....turn to your Bible, and from thence it will appear, that this Work is not by the might, or power of man, but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts;

....that men are Born Again, not of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God, His Spirit and Grace;

....that it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that Sheweth Mercy;

...that the work of faith is A Work of Power, of The Operation of God, and is Carried on by it, and is even according to the Exceeding Greatness of His Power, Who Works in man both to Will and to Do of His Own Good Pleasure...

(Zech. 4:6; John 1:13; 3:5; Rom. 9:15, 16; Col. 2:12; 2 Thess. 1:11; Eph. 1:10; Phil. 2:13).
from JOHN GILL SERMONS

 

The powerless "freewill" of man vs. The Efficacious Free Grace of God?

 

It wills to hate God and that is all a lost sinner would ever do.

 

Yeah, you try to say they don't; but they aren't about to give God The Glory for His Eternal Plan of Salvation, Agreed and Fully Accomplished by Jesus Work on The Cross and The Holy Spirit in Time.

 

The Sinful, fallen Nature of all the children of Adam will to hate God and that is all a lost sinner would ever do, although, yes, they imagine differently, as the activity of reasoning with a sin-cursed mind of finite flesh...

The Natural mind is an enemy of God and the flesh profits nothing.

 

It is God Who Flicks the Switch and Opens the Path for The Holy Spirit's Energizing, Re-Generation Work of The New Birth.

God Enters in below the level of consciousness and makes an individual aware of their sin, convicts them, and in The Activity of Salvation, God Quickens the dead soul to New Life and LIGHT.

God Grants and Enables the Twin Doctrines of Repentance and Faith.

It is analogous to an electric light bulb sitting idle and dead, for all practical purposes, that would remain dark forever.

When an instigator flicks the switch, the bulb coming to life and lighting SEEMS LIKE IT PRETTY MUCH HAPPENS AT THE SAME TIME, DOESN'T IT.

When in reality, the light coming on has a logical CAUSE.

The Switch is Flicked and Once the Electricity Travels at the speed of Electricity, the Light Comes On.

Boom.

Logically, God is The Cause of Salvation and the Saved soul is the Effect.

 

It is God Who Flicks the Switch and Opens the Path for The Holy Spirit's Energizing, Re-Generation Work of The New Birth.

God Enters in below the level of consciousness and makes an individual aware of their sin, convicts them, and in The Activity of Salvation, God Quickens the dead soul to New Life and LIGHT.

God Grants and Enables the Twin Doctrines of Repentance and Faith.

It is analogous to an electric light bulb sitting idle and dead, for all practical purposes, that would remain dark forever.

When an instigator flicks the switch, the bulb coming to life and lighting SEEMS LIKE IT PRETTY MUCH HAPPENS AT THE SAME TIME, DOESN'T IT.

When in reality, the light coming on has a logical CAUSE.

The Switch is Flicked and Once the Electricity Travels at the speed of Electricity, the Light Comes On.

Boom.

Logically, God is The Cause of Salvation and the Saved soul is the Effect.

 

God Places Wording in various ways to hide things from the wise and prudent.

You read, "God says in His word that it pleases Him to save those that believe" and decree that there is only one way to see that, however, that also means NEVER considering how God Saves to The Uttermost those He Has Given Repentance and Faith (those that Believe).

That is the meaning.


"Believing" falls short of The Glory of God, without Repentance Granted toward sin, prior to "Belief" GIVEN by God toward The Work of Jesus Christ.