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No person can come to Christ by their own freewill !

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So it's not about their freewill. It's Christ will and power
All men are drawn.
Many men are called, few chosen.
We are not coerced
Our response is our choice.
'Choose this day who you will serve.'
'Open the door and I will come in and sup with you.'
It isn't complicated.
 
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All men are drawn.
Many men are called, few chosen.
We are not coerced
Our response is our choice.
'Choose this day who you will serve.'
'Open the door and I will come in and sup with you.'
It isn't complicated.
But in their context, the words 'Choose this day who you will serve.' were spoken to God's chosen people of Old Testament times, not to sinners in general, and 'Open the door and I will come in and sup with you.' is a paraphrase of this verse, spoken to a church, the church of the Laodiceans:

““Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” (Re 3:20 NKJV)

Again, not an invitation to sinners to open the door of their hearts to Jesus.
 
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He did not pick and choose.
Yes He did, He chooses who He causes to approach unto Him psalm 65:4

4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
 
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But in their context, the words 'Choose this day who you will serve.' were spoken to God's chosen people of Old Testament times, not to sinners in general, and 'Open the door and I will come in and sup with you.' is a paraphrase of this verse, spoken to a church, the church of the Laodiceans:

““Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” (Re 3:20 NKJV)

Again, not an invitation to sinners to open the door of their hearts to Jesus.
Horse pucky
 
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All men that are drawn actually and it's by Christ Will not theirs!
You've swallowed every drop of the causal determinism koolaid. You wish to apply it to the gospel of grace.

'He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.'

”The truth is to simple for us, we do not like those who unmask our illusions.'

It may make you feel special, and you are, as much as every person on earth.
 
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'He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.'
That's the scope of the atoning sacrifice, not only Jewish people but for people all over the world. If your sins are atoned for you are saved. So it's limited to the saved.
 
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