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Is believing/faith a work ?2

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JD731

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What kind of silliness is it that reasons a man must believe to be saved and because believing is the gift of God, somehow it is not a verb because of that? Believing is something that a man must do to be saved no matter what the source of the faith. Hello! Is anyone out there?

The Christian faith is under relentless attack by this Calvinist philosophy that we are witnessing here.
 
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AustinC

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JD731 said:
What kind of silliness is it that reasons a man must believe to be saved and because believing is the gift of God, somehow it is not a verb because of that? Believing is something that a man must do to be saved no matter what the source of the faith. Hello! Is anyone out there?

The Christian faith is under relentless attack by this Calvinist philosophy that we are witnessing here.
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JD, believing is an effect and God is the cause.
We Christians must believe because God has caused us to have faith and believe.

Salvation is entirely of God without any preceding requirement of human cooperation before God can save.
The story of Paul's conversion is proof of this.
The issue is whether you will accept the observed Word of God or whether you will create your own presupposition and then force God to fit your presupposition.
It is a sure sign that arguing against a boogeyman whom you label Calvinist rather than trust the observed Word of God is proof you are starting from a presupposition not observed truth.
 
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