New Birth

[edie19]

the Bible makes it very clear that man is totally limited and depraved. it says that all our "righteousness" is like filthy rags. what could be better proof of depravity than that? even the "good" things we do are disgusting and unclean in God's eyes! and like i said before we're not robots for salvation. we are supposed to be perfect; that what God intended people to be. sin is not a natural state any more than blindness is. eyes are meant to see, people were meant to love God. but a blind man can't make himself see; he can't reverse the incident that made him blind. and a sinful human can't not sin; he can't reverse the Fall of man. only God can heal us of our spiritual blindness. when God works in our hearts He does not make us robots, but merely who we were meant to be. it's the people who remain in their sinful states who are the robots.

and God is not vain, and i don't really see why you think that the doctrines of predestination, total depravity, and limited atonement make him so. it's not vanity to ask us to come to the cross. it is the way God calls His elect. just because He has already chosen them to be saved doesn't mean they don't have to go through the salvation process.

Once again the response I dread seeing:

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to elf_lady_9 again.

 

[elf_lady_9]

Once again the response I dread seeing:

it's the thought that counts, lol. Thank you!