- Aug 21, 2003
- 9,865
- 1,714
- 59
- Country
- United States
- Faith
- Christian
- Marital Status
- Married
By their own free will. We are not locked into to one position at all ever. Something could happen where someone does something good or something bad happens to a person and the lost see this and change their minds. That is why I reject Calvinism wholesale because they think man is locked int his position and can do nothing about it, to me that idea is quite repugnant
Good Day, Charsan
Now something we can agree on...
If something does not happen I do notice here the "happening thing is external" it is not some thing internal to the person. They have a change of mind... Their wills are impacted ( effected) by something they can not control (thus not free) "something good happens" that is the cause.
That external primary cause of that some thing good would be God. He does something and we are directly effected (results).
Eze 36: 26 I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules
God who is external gives a new heart ( by His free will choice), removes the stone one. Puts a new Spirit in you which is His.
The direct results that this causes are walk in His statutes, and carefully obey his rules these are the purposes he achieves by the work that He does. If he does nothing nothing changes...
I have a feeling you have misunderstood the Historical Christian Doctrine know as the Doctrines Of Grace. Dead men stay dead unless acted upon by an external force that has the ability to change that status. The only one that does that is God Salvation and live is the work of God alone.
In Him,
Bill
Upvote
0