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Bob Felts wrote:
> Gary McNees
>
>
>>>>>>>[wrf3]
>>>>>>>If election is not based on human will or effort, then how can man be
>>>>>>>said to be free in this respect?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>[gary]
>>>>>>It is not BASED upon human will or effort.
>>>>>>It is in ACCORD with God's foreknowledge.
>>>>>
>>>>>[wrf3]
>>>>>So what did God forsee that determines who is and who isn't elect?
>>>>
>>>>[gary]
>>>>God doesn't "foresee."
>>>
>>>[wrf3]
>>>What knowledge did God use upon which to base His choices in election?
>>
>>God is independent, hence His knowledge is independent of creation,
>>hence His choices do not depend upon any thing created.
>
>
> That doesn't answer the question. If God's choices are "in ACCORD" with
> His foreknowledge, what is His foreknowledge in accord with?
Reality. The reality He created and sustains.
He saves no one against their will.
Regeneration is THROUGH faith, and not the other way around.
Faith is not a "good work."
Hence to receive Christ and salvation through faith is
not meritorious, at all.
Works and faith are constantly opposed in Scripture.
Although no man seeks God, God seeks all men.
Although no man is able to come to Christ without
God drawing them, God draws all men to Christ.
Those who learn what God teaches, come to Christ
and are saved. All are taught of God, but many
refuse to learn.
Gary
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