Why do people choose differently?

That isn't all I wrote.

Read the verses :smilewinkgrin:

 

I'll Help Allan Out

In 1 Cor. 4:7 : For who makes you different from anyone else ? What do you have that you did not receive ? And if you did receive it , why do you boast as though you did not ?

In 2 Cor. 4:6 it relates this info : For God ... made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ .

Allan , the Lord made us alive while we were still dead in our sin . He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness into his wonderful light . He chose to give us birth . It doesn't depend on a person's willpower or effort , but on God's mercy . The Lord opens hearts to respond to Himself . He chooses to give us birth -- not us . The Father has to enable one to come to Jesus . Some can't believe because the Lord has blinded their eyes and deadened their hearts . No one seeks God , no one understands . God translates people into His kingdom alone -- with no help from man .

 

How on earth could anyone be made "alive", unless they were dead. The already "alive" could not be made "alive". We all were dead in sin, some of us chose to follow the light and some loved the darkness much more.

 

This sounds like a viable answer:

I assume the first "alive" is physical life, and the second "alive" is spiritual life. If this is the case, then yes, that is exactly what happens when someone is saved.

Since we were all dead in sin, why do any of us choose to follow the light?

 

This verse is not about salvation. Paul is speaking to the church, people who are already saved. The "what" in this verse is referring to gifts given by God. Not salvation as they already had that.

 

Then your read in the verses, and in them it states they deny the truth revealed that COULD save them, and after rejecting Gods truth THEN God gave them over, and that they are given a choice to obey or reject.
How can these potentially save them if it was not FOR THEM. There is NO potentail saving or hypothetical saving in your understanding. Christ died to ONLY save His, and His only are given the potential of salvation. Yet scripture state explicitly the exact opposite of your view.

The answer to you question of 'why', is 'they' or 'we'.
You come to the arguement with a flawed answer and no other answer suffices your view no matter how biblical it must meet your theological. God is the reason some will call, and some will reject because He makes them to.
WRONG! God gave them the choice to accept His truth or reject it.

Why do some accept and others reject, the answer resides in their choice not their nature.

 

The question should be: Why do some of us reject the light?

If I offered you a million dollars, no strings attached, would you take it? Of course you would. Why would you take it? Well, that is obvious, or should be. Why would you refuse it?

It's obvious why someone would want Christ's gift of salvation. It's only pride and an unwillingness to submit to the authority of God that keeps people from receiving the light.

Romans 1
21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened

Everyone knows God exists, whether they will admit it or not. Because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. (Rom. 1:19)
For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse. (Rom. 1:20)

This is not saving knowledge, but knowledge of the God of creation, and rejection of this knowledge leads to a darkened heart.

So, you are asking the wrong question. Although I know why you're doing it.

 

I agree with brother bob, you can't be made alive to be then made alive.
Secondly, scripture refutes you, not me. Scriptures says, point blank, they choose to reject the truths of God and then God gave them as well as blinded them. BUT ONLY AFTER!!

Your right Rippon. God chooses to give us birth and does so to any WHO CALL UPON HIM. However, The new birth is salvation/regeneration, and you will find this is true if you look up both times regeneration occurs in scripture. The new birth is always equated with salvation.

Your right again, no seeks after God. Man left to himself will never seek out God. That is why God came to man, and reveals His truth to all men. God seeks out men and men are responsible for the truths God reveals to them.

Your right again, that God saves with no help (works) from man, man must only believe. Belief is not works, but belief is possible of EVERY man.
Rom 4

 

What intelligence?

Sin? The stupid mistakes I've made? Pride? Arrogance? Bad eyesight? :laugh:

 

AresMan;

Not one! of your answers says He made the alive "alive". They all say He made the dead "alive.

No, we are talking about spiritual "alive" and spiritual "dead".

Because we don't want to die and go to a devil's hell, or at least that is why I chose to follow the light and suppose that is the reason all the others chose light, that did.

This is not "slight of the hand", where you move from soul to body and back and forth.

Maybe you should reread my posts?

 

Read my earlier post. Everybody can choose Christ. I'm not special.

 

Thanks NP! :wavey:

:1_grouphug:

 

:laugh: Are you kidding, I enjoy wasting your time :laugh:

The answer has been given but much like those who wont recieve the gospel truth in like manner you will not receive the answer given. You choose not to.
Scripture does not address why a person believes and why another doesn't because it is every persons "choice" to do. God GAVE that choice. I have given scripture and an answer. Scripture shows only once they rejected the truth did God give them over. "WHY" did God wait? Becuase it is incumbent upon man to believe or reject.

You are trying to get a Calvinistic answer from a non-Calvinist and you wont get one. It's not that we don't want to say it, it is because your version of the answer is an unbiblical one.

Edited to add:
Why do some accept and others reject, the answer resides in their choice not their nature.