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Yes,So for everyone who isn’t a believer in five point Calvinism, would you prefer it if five point Calvinism were true?
A simple yes or no answer to start your response would be great, then the rationale behind why you have picked either yes or no.
Otherwise I wouldn't have been saved. I was raised in a Catholic church up until the fat, smoking Father Peter slapped me in Catechism for laughing. Another boy cried, Mike who came to me later and asked that I not tell anyone. I didn't. Your guess as to why he cried is as good as mine. Right about this time we stopped going to church. I must have been around 11 or 12. After that, I didn't much pay any attention to God. Didn't much pay attention to school either. It was the 60's and music became my god. Jimmy Hendrix, the Doors, the Stones, etc. Sex, drugs and rock and roll. By 1969 I became extremely depressed and disillusioned and decided my best option would be the join the marine corp. It wasn't a good fit. Stolen car, interstate transportation of stolen vehicle, caught and 6 mo prison. 1970, released from prison, discharged from marines. It is now 1980, 2 quickly failed marriages later, more hopeless than ever, in possession of a large cheap bottle of wine, a small stinky apartment I was about to lose, and then I was looking in the mirror when my eyes were opened and I saw what can only be termed the "blackness of darkness". I became terrified and I spontaneously cried out to God and "in a moment and in a twinkling of an eye, I was changed", He wiped away every tear from my eyes and peace that surpasses understanding overflowed me. It was the end of my unquenchable desire to drink or use drugs. Praise God.
Evangelizing to me is like treasure hunting. In the physical realm, you might use a metal detector, whereas in the spiritual realm, you use the gospel.
I see freewill this way. I could have the desire to jump up and fly, but I can't because it is impossible. Same with the spiritual realm. What can you possibly do if you don't hear His voice?
John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
Rev 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
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