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Yes...dead men walking. People are not stone cold dead before choosing to be saved or not. They talk, they think, they do stuff, and they have the power to choose.
The good kind.
That’s the point. We are all dead in our trespasses and sins. Dead as a door nail Dad. That is our natural fallen state.
An expository from Scriptures is order to support your claims.
I know you don’t.
Can you do that? Can you just start believing something you thought was a lie just because you want to?
As what usually happens in these threads, once Calvinism is mentioned, or someone who is Reformed posts something that seems Reformed, the arguments against Reformed Theology come out, and are usually emotionally driven straw man arguments.
This gets us nowhere because the Calvinists aren't really given the opportunity to defend what we believe, but have to spend time correcting the incorrect argument.
So here's the challenge. Below you will find links to some various documents that those who hold to Reformed Theology will agree on, at least soteriologically. The challenge to to quote from one of them, and then state why you believe it is incorrect. This will hopefully lead to a reasoned discussion. Any argument that does not start this way will be considered off topic. You are, however, free to start your own thread on that matter.
Here are your links.
The 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith (I would have used the Westminster Confession, but I'm Baptist)
Canons of Dordt
Heidelberg Catechism
Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin, Christian Classics Books, Bible Study
As mentioned earlier the OP would not expand for this. However, if you do make a thread on "calling" and "free will" or something like that I would be interested. Considering we have some of the 'ancient faith' who posted here railing against original sin and faith is a gift of God when it's in their catechism and church council of Orange but blaming Calvinists for some reason for the doctrines.
So one day you just said, you know what? I I think I’ll stop believing.
Spiritually dead does not mean cold and physically dead. Before we are born again (as Nicodemus) we still talk, and chose, and think etc. It seems that the majestic power of choice (at least to the degree of being able to choose Jesus) Is present even before we make the choice. That makes sense, after all, how could it be there only after we make a choice if we can't make the choice!?
Of course He calls us and draws us. But we must heed. He doesn't lasso us into a coral. Some refuse to heed. Some heed.
Nice chapter, what about it? I see one place it talks about how He made us sit in heavenly places...you think you do that now?
