Isaiah 55:7

In using this verse to disprove Calvinism one is merely making an assumption. Although there is a call to the wicked to forsake his way - there is nothing in all of Isaiah 55 which proves that man is indeed capable of doing so. The basic assumption that is being made is that just because the Lord calls the wicked to repent means that they are capable of doing so. Of course I realize one would say I'm making assumptions as well - but the difference is that I have other scriptures that back my claim - which is that man will never repent of his own free will. Specificaly Romans 3 that states that all man is wicked and foresakes the ways of God.

The onus is on the person who claims free-will to show where scripture plainly says that man is capable of repenting of his own volition. Calling for repentence doesn't mean that man is capable of doing it in and of himself. What it certainly does do is show that man is still accountable when he doesn't repent. Why? Because the reason no man will repent in and of himself is because it is not the desire of his heart. Never was - and never will be until the Holy Spirit changes it. One only need look back to my response to the Ezekial 33:11 passage to show that it is indeed God who changes the heart so that man is capable of repentence - see Eze 36.

But let us read on in Isaiah 55 and see what verse 8 says. There God specifically says: 'For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,"
declares the LORD.

This statement was made right after the call to repentence. So there is nothing in all of chapter 55 that says man is capable of repenting - despite the call to repentence - and you have this verse in the text showing why. One cannot look at verse 8 and deduce that man is in and of himself capable of repentence. In fact there is no verse in the entire chapter that shows that.

So to conclude on this verse - in order to use this verse to disprove Calvinism one has to make an assumption that man is capable of repentence in and of himself. An assumption that is not based on the entirety of scripture.