Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Matthew 12:33-34
JESUS tells us how! We have to do what Jesus says. That is how.
It is NOT as you say how.
If all have sinned and are - as you agree - in need of a Savior, then the free will of man becomes the crux of the issue. If man is truly dead in trespasses and sin, then how can there be ANYTHING in him that is good such that it can (or even will) turn to God?
The Gentiles were dead in their sins because they did not have the purification/ceremonial works to clean themselves.
We are not DEAD in sin meaning we cannot desire to have more out of this life than pleasing our flesh!
You say how can there be anything good in any human---the BIBLE SAYS THERE IS GOOD IN PEOPLE.
It comes down to a question of nature - and the above passage (and several in I John) shows just how radical the fallen man's fallenness is. It's either all good or all bad as Jesus says. So the Calvinist recognizes this biblical fact and runs with it.
Calvin taught falseness and others were led into his false teachings.
The Muslim has some bizarre version of a savior who really never was crucified for the sins of mankind - and his fatalism leads him to despair and a total works-righteousness theology. Allah may or may not have mercy on him at death - he doesn't know. But for the Calvinist, the issue is far more fundamental - the sinner is judged because of his natural sinfulness (and attendant aversion to the things of God). He may think he wants salvation (because it is generally a "good" thing) but in reality, he just wants to avoid something horrific - the judgment of God (Luke 3:7).
There isn't a wrong reason to obey God. There is NOTHING wrong in willful obedience.
Obedience is love for God and those are the ones who God loves---those who obey. That is scripture.
love which is only had in Christ because He loved us first.
God loved His creation---but does NOT know and love you personally until you love Him by obeying Him.
So the Muslim is left without hope because it all rests on his own ability (and his own luck before a capricious God). To be honest, there is at least as much similarity (if not more) with Arminianism here because it does rest on the individual. Calvinism's predestination has all mankind standing guilty before God and only those who are made right before Him being saved.
The BIBLE says all are condemned until they come to God through Jesus.
It can't be based on man's innate desire because of the above passage (otherwise man really isn't all bad).
You misunderstand the passage. Man is NOT ALL BAD.
The one who is not changed by God cannot love God.
Again, God loves and saves those who love Him by obeying Him.
God does NOT save unbelievers---as your false denomination says.
The one who is cannot help but serve and love Him. The means God uses to bring this about are not simple - but it all comes down to who gets the glory. Man or God? If a Muslim is "saved", it is because he did something to warrant Allah's mercy (killing infidels in Jihad, for example). If a Christian is saved, it is because of God alone (certainly in the Calvinist view). We are not automatons, but we are beholden to that which keeps us in bondage. And if we are slaves to sin, it is sin we will obey. Our whole being is subjected to that - even our wills. And you have a hard time escaping that if you sincerely believe that all have (and do) sin and fallen short of the glory of God. All are born in Adam...
You cannot give scripture for your beliefs.
You will not recognize that the Gentiles were dead in their sins because they did not do the purification works.
You do not know the scriptures that SAY there are good in people.
You do not recognize the truth that Jesus does NOT save people who do not believe and obey.
You have a denomination that is not based on truth from God.