Lol - when the MADs are away; the mice will play - looks like ya'll need a bit more MAD - More About Dispensationalism :chuckle:
Why don't you intervene?
what's stopping you?
Lol - when the MADs are away; the mice will play - looks like ya'll need a bit more MAD - More About Dispensationalism :chuckle:
In an attempt to understand the biblical order of salvation, I sometimes get too rigid in how it is accomplished by God.
We receive many blessings in salvation, and one of them is the gift of repentance from the Holy Spirit.
In an attempt to understand the biblical order of salvation, I sometimes get too rigid in how it is accomplished by God.
We receive many blessings in salvation, and one of them is the gift of repentance from the Holy Spirit.
We do not receive the Holy Spirit before we are saved and we do not get saved until after we repent.
Yes, regeneration comes before faith.Yes.
Both repentance and faith to believe, are the gifts of God, received when a soul is born again by the Holy Spirit.
Yes, regeneration comes before faith.
Then you declare repentance to be a work of sinful man. :nono:
Reformers teach that repentance comes to sinful men by the grace of God.
GT, how is it possible for a sinner to have anything to do with the things of God unless born again first?We do not receive the Holy Spirit before we are saved and we do not get saved until after we repent.
No such thing. Sinful men must repent.
I have to go. I love you guys.
I have to go. I love you guys.
GT, how is it possible for a sinner to have anything to do with the things of God unless born again first?
John 3:3
That scripture about being born again to see the kingdom of heaven.
One is born again by believing and repenting of their sins.
Sinful men cannot and will not ever repent.
They must first be changed in heart, to love and believe God. (John 3:3-8)
You got it backwards . . .
No such thing.Elect souls only believe and repent of their sins when God mercifully resurrects them to new life by the power of His Holy Spirit.
Why don't you intervene?
what's stopping you?
Sinful men cannot and will not ever repent.
They must first be changed in heart, to love and believe God. (John 3:3-8)
Whenever humans are told to repent, it is always about our sins.