37“All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.
Let me put the Calvinist glasses on:
37“ONLY All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.
Or maybe that "ALL" means "SOME"?
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44“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.
Let me put the Calvinist glasses on:
44“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; ALL WHO THE FATHER DRAWS COME TO JESUS; and I will raise him up on the last day.
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John 12
32“And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself.”
Let me put my Calvinist glasses on:
32“And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw SOME men to Myself.”
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Calvinist view is that the holy spirit has to enter the elect fellah
" Some come willingly, and some are dragged unwillingly, but all eventually come, although we have no part in the drawing."
The bible shows Father drawing, Son drawing, not the holy spirit.
And it definitely shows that there is a shift in who does the drawing after the cross.
40“For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.”
Lets put Calvinist glasses on:
40“For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who has eternal life will behold the Son and believes in Him, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.”
John 6
60Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this said, “This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?” 61But Jesus, conscious that His disciples grumbled at this, said to them, “Does this cause you to stumble? 62“What then if you see the Son of Man ascending to where He was before?
Why would Jesus need to offer the ASCENSION to heaven as proof of offering himself to deniers if it were not offered to them, nor intended offer and if no manner of miracle or reason were necessary other then the internal regeneration of the unbeliever?
It makes absolutely no sense.
Neither would the entire Gospel of John which is aimed at non-believers:
John 20
30Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 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.
Let me put the Calvinist Glasses on:
But this stuff got written down so in case you have life in his name, you may believe that Jesus is the Christ....
