Your logic is faulty. Acts 16.14 says she was already a believer in God: "She was a worshiper of God" then follows, "As she listened to us, the Lord opened her heart, and she accepted what Paul was saying." She accepted what Paul was saying because she already believed in God-no mention of her being an unbeliever. So the burden remains on you. To worship God is to believe in Him, for one who does not worship God doesn't believe in Him to worship Him. You are trying to sidestep the issue, which is, if she hadn't believed in God that wouldn't help your case anyway, because there is nothing in the passage that says she was irresistibly made to believe. You brought this up to try to claim irresistible grace, but you failed. Stop inserting into the text that which is not there! Calvinists do this constantly. This verse doesn't say she had not believed in God, began to listen, the Lord opened her heart, and then she was saved. No! It begins by saying she worshiped God as many did in the OT before Jesus entered into His creation."If you believed in Moses, you would believe in Me, because he wrote about Me. But if you don't believe his writings, how will you believe My words." Prior to Jesus dying the cross a person could be saved except that when they were saved and given new life the Holy Spirit did not indwell the spirit because the veil was not yet rent. What transpired here for Lydia is that as a believer and worshiper of God she was saved, but the Holy Spirit had not yet entered into her spirit, that which you don't have, because you are a Calvinist. Matt. 15.9 and Mark 7.7 are not the worshiping of God but a false God, so these two passages don't help what you are arguing for.Originally Posted by briancook007
"As she listened to us...she attended [accepted]" was her choice, not irresistibly imposed. She was doing the listening and she was doing the accepting. God provides the grace of opening receptive hearts, but the choice remains hers. The reason you refuse to hear God's word is because you cannot and you cannot because you are unwilling. You are not born of your will by assuming you were regenerated, but God requires you to repent and believe in in Him to be regenerated: "not of...the will of man, but of God." God contrast faith from works of Calvinism: "Are faith and works contrasted as opposites? "By grace are ye saved, through faith;...not of works" (Eph. 2.8-9); "But to him that worketh not, but believeth..." (Rom. 4.5). Faith does not equal assuming regeneration without prior repentance and faith. That will never do, so you are not a new creation of God, for you are still living in your old man stuck in the Old Creation. Calvinism is an age old heresy, immorals and ideas Augustine held in the 4th century of being tyrannical.
Of course God does the saving. What Arminian says otherwise? Notice that John 1.13 doesn't say anything about someone irresistibly being made to be saved, for man is afforded the choice.Again, Dr. A.T. Robertson, the greatest Koine Greek scholar of modern times, says that Jn. 1:13 is in the passive voice in the Greek, which means that the subject is being acted upon and has nothing to do with the action, other than being on the receiving end of it.
Why do you disagree with the dictionary definition of imperative mood: "a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior"? Of course God is commanding we must "repent and believe the gospel" but a command itself doesn't force anyone to do it. The command of these words "Except ye repent, ye shall likewise perish" are not mutually exclusive of an offer and invitation for salvation, for what God commands, still requires our response. We are not robots, nor does God give His commands in vain such that you couldn't refuse them. You're a false teaching. I have noticed you are always wrong in everything you say. Don't you realize you don't have to argue for God commanding forcing to it to happen because in your theology you are allowed to contradict yourself with your gods contradictory two wills: wanting all to be saved but not really.No, the imperative mood means that the statement is a command. Again, Mk. 1:15 is in the imperative mood, where Christ says, "Repent ye, and believe the gospel." What else did He say (Lk. 13:5)? "Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish." Mk. 1:15 is not an invitation, it is a command to man to repent.
Notice you were unable to prove Total depravity from out of any of these verses. Wickedness, every thought, evil continually, born into sin, evil from youth, the whole of man, deceitfulness, like a leopard with unchanging spots, lying, children of wrath ... all speak of man's willfulness and propensity, not Total inability and necessity. This fact agrees with the fact that "He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone" (Heb. 2.9), which is to provide sufficient grace to all. But your god is unwilling or unable to do this. To provide sufficient grace to all indicates that God has afforded us all choice. "Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, that you and your descendants might live!" (Deut. 30.19) If you were Totally depraved you would have no choice in the matter but must be irresistibly imposed on and others unrighteously subject to preterition. What love is this? If it is evil for man, it's evil for us. You're like an unethical lawyer trying to pull out a legal technicality of the letter, missing the Spirit of the message, thus missed the spiritual intent that expresses man's sin nature. It is so easy to disprove your approach, because a person who is unsaved can help an old lady across the street. We observe this in experience and in the word of God: "I have given you the choice." Man's depravity is not mutually exclusive of being given a choice.You still deny total depravity? What saith the Scriptures?
Gen. 6:5: "And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that EVERY imagination of the thoughts of his heart was ONLY evil continually."
Gen. 8:21: "The imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth."
Isa. 1:5-6: "The WHOLE head is sick, and the WHOLE heart faint. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is NO soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment."
Jer. 13:23: "Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil."
Jer. 17:9: "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?"
Psa. 58:3: "The wicked are estranged FROM THE WOMB: they go astray AS SOON AS THEY BE BORN, speaking lies."
Eph. 2:1-3: "And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others."
Again you are trying to be legalistic with this which is expressing man's sin nature that is utterly corruptible. It is not saying helping an old lady across the street is something man can't do. Likewise, it is not saying you can't receive what Jesus did for you on the cross. You can yet repent and believe in Christ to be regenerated. You don't have to remain as you are a reprobate. Priding yourself on thinking you were irresistibly regenerated forcing you to repent and believe Christians don't consider this true repentance and faith, because it was forced. "Freely ye received, freely give" (Matt. 10.8). There is much common grace in the world by which people do good things, but these things they do does not save them, for they must believe in Jesus to be saved by grace through faith, not of yourselves, lest any man should boast. Assuming regeneration was irresistibly imposed is of your self!Unregenerate people perform charitable acts, but what saith the Scriptures regarding that (Tit. 1:15-16)?
"Unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and UNTO EVERY GOOD WORK REPROBATE."
Paul was not changed irresistibly, for he could have still resisted. Before Paul could ever ask what he should do, we read... "Who are you, sir?" Saul asked. And the voice replied, "I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting!" (Acts 9.5) In that moment, he responded to God as God knew he would. Never think God's infinite foreknowledge means irresistibly made to do something. His infinite foreknowledge allows for a righteous response by God, even an intervention, but not forcing things like an evil tyrant would. Since God is relational, He relates with us. Paul didn't have to ask the Lord what he was to do, but God knew he was saved at that point, truly believing in Him, and so told Paul what to do.No, in Acts 9:1-6 Paul was on his way to persecute God's people, his nature was evil at that point; God changed his nature irresistibly, the only way his evil nature could have been changed, regenerating him, giving him a new nature (II Cor. 5:17), which is why he said, "LORD, what wilt thou have me to do?"
The verse is Ex. 4.21 not 4.12. I don't want you to respond to yourself, I want you to respond to the point I made (which you are still avoiding) that in verse 21 is not the first active use of hardening: "And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go." Even your Calvinist brethren, Piper, admits this is not God hardening his heart first, which is obvious. You are not allowed to assume God hardened his heart first by this verse for that would be mindlessly reading into the text that which is not there. Be honest. Those things that shall come to pass are God's divine plan: this does not require robots. Everything God does is righteous, holy and true: by the counsel of His will does not demand irresistibly imposed tyrannical force. Let it go. It is not of God. Evil people act like that. Not God. You're fashioning God in your own image.You want me to respond to my point about Ex. 4:12, that the first mention of Pharaoh's heart being hardened was when God said He would harden it? What saith the Scriptures?
Isa. 14:24: "The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand."
Eph. 1:11: "...the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will..."
The Scripture does not say, "As it shall come to pass, so have I thought." It says, "as I have thought, so shall it come to pass." God does not foresee events, He is the foreordinative Author of them.
Nothing in Rom. 9 says a person is irresistibly regenerated! I believe in reprobation, for obviously many such as yourself are going to Hell. Rather, I reject Calvinism reprobation, because from birth it sends people to Hell without recourse, no grace or mercy or justice whatsoever. What love is this? You may get off on thinking many are going to Hell without the opportunity to be saved, but it is by this very attitude of yours, I know you are not a child of God. God of the Bible simply doesn't teach this! In Romans 9 the one blaming God for showing mercy upon whom He shows mercy is not explaining God is using preterition, for God responds by correcting the man's misunderstanding in his stinkin' thinkin'. The person arguing is saying it is unfair some go to Hell. God says He is the righteous potter. You should not think God is some evil diabolical tyrant bringing people into His creation and making them for Hell. That's not what God is saying at all. Suffice it to say God provides sufficient grace to all to have the right to be saved by grace through faith. When He shows mercy upon whom He shows mercy it is according to His righteous way of doing things and holy nature. You can trust that He is doing it properly!You say reprobation is unjust? What saith the Scriptures?
Rom. 9:16-22: "So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction."
Dr. A.T. Robertson says that "fitted to destruction" is in the passive voice, again, meaning that the subject is being acted upon and has nothing to do with the action, other than being on the receiving end of it. Foreordinatively, God "worketh all things after the counsel of his own will" (Eph. 1:11).
That God fits for destruction is not without the person's choice in the matter. God's verdict comes down: "fitted for destruction" does not imply or even remotely suggest that person was created and made for Hell anymore than you are irresistibly made to be regenerated. That's not what God is saying at all. Let go of your pride you exalt yourself over others with this nonsense.
Regeneration is initial salvation. When one repents and believes in Christ they are regenerated: initial salvation, the new birth, born-again, receiving eternal life which can never be lost. What baptism provides which follows is after having died on the cross with Christ, one then gets buried in baptism which is experientially dying to the world and rising up out of the world and with Christ. Notice Col. 2.12 says, "you were raised to a new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead." You weren't raised to new life because you were baptized, but speaking of Christians: "you trusted the might power of God..." Let's say you were in a desert and there was no water. You couldn't get baptized if it was legalized like you legalize baptism like Oneness Pentecostals do so as to miss the point. Therefore, the baptism of the Spirit is with or without water in burial and resurrection with Jesus. Baptism can never provide initial salvation, but it can deepen one's spiritual life after having already been saved.No, the baptism in Col. 2:12-13 refers to regeneration (I Cor. 12:13), for it is written:
"Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses."
Your irritation is showing; I'm reminded of the words of Tacitus when he said: "Abuse, if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated you will be thought to have deserved it." Perhaps your irritation shows your own recognition of the heretical error of Arminianism.
Before the priest could use his knife the sacrifice had to be placed on the altar. The altar in the Old Testament speaks of the cross in the New Testament. Believers cannot expect their High Priest to wield God’s sharp Sword, His Word which pierces to the separation of soul and spirit, unless first they are willing to come to the cross and accept its death. Lying on the altar always precedes the plunging of the sword. Hence all who desire to experience the parting of soul and spirit must answer the Lord’s call to Calvary and lay themselves unreservedly on the altar, trusting their High Priest to operate with His keen Sword to the dividing asunder of their spirit and soul. For us to lie on the altar is our free-will offering well-pleasing to God; to use the sword to divide is the work of the priest. We should fulfill our part with all faithfulness, and commit the rest to our merciful and faithful High Priest. And at the appropriate time He shall lead us into baptism and a complete spiritual experience.
I find Tacitus' comment applies to you well which is probably why you brought it up, because you are projecting these traits in yourself and are getting frustrated because Christians always reject you.
I don't know any Arminians who believe what you think about us that we provide faith and repentance or apart from God's grace. Rather we Christians believe that God is the one who provides the gift of repentance and faith and since God wants a relationship with us, He doesn't force these things on us as your god does. He made us in image to be able to obtain these free gifts to come to the cross as helpless sinners and receive the Lord Jesus as Savior. The ultimate decision is God's. He is the one who sets forth the condition for salvation to believe on Him by faith. God has made us all smart enough to make the right decision, for He has supplied us all with sufficient enabling grace to have that choice and present to the High Priest our free will offering. We all have God-consciousness: all made in His image. None of us are Totally depraved! Though fallen we are not Totally unable. Stop believing in Satan's lie.No, sir, I was correct when I said that Arminians say that man provides faith and repentance apart from God's grace. You people say that man comes to Christ of his own free will, that God never forces that, that man makes the ultimate decision whether or not he's saved, that, ultimately, he saves himself by being smart enough to make the right decision in and of himself. That is proud, arrogant, and carnal. You Arminians are the ones who are guilty of "grand assumption and self-exaltation." Again, the primary object of your heretical system is to glorify MAN, whereas the object of Calvinism is to glorify GOD, no matter what linguistic legerdemain you may employ to try to explain it away. Your denial of these things shows that not only are you ignorant of Calvinistic teaching, you're also ignorant of Arminian teaching.
That being said, notice your contradiction. By your own free will you have assumed you were regenerated without any prior repentance and faith because you said you could not (an assumption), thus erecting your idol of Total depravity that prevents you from having true repentance and faith for a genuine relationship with your Creator. Very sad! It's a cop out and a selfish salvation without you authentically receiving Him as He would have you. The reason why your belief is a doublestandard is because you are employing the very same free will Christians do except that while you blame us for believing in Jesus, you believe in a false Christ. You think yourself smart enough to just assume regeneration into being for yourself. Can anything be more proud and arrogant and carnal? You don't need God. You can save yourself! Calvinists don't glorify God but place themselves in their grandiose proclamations they were regenerated without having had to repent and believe in Jesus. Such self-exaltation you harbor is rejected by God's children-the body of Christ. Your grand assumption is apart form God's saving grace. How libertarian free will of you! And pelagian, denying the original sin, for the original sin doesn't make you Totally depraved.
Arminians also say "man is a foul, wretched, vile creature in and of himself apart from God's grace, that his only hope is in a merciful God Who would have been entirely within His legal rights, because of the Fall, to have damned every single member of the human race to eternal Hell fire; but, in His infinite wisdom, mercy, and grace..." But that is not the point before us. The point before us is whether man is Totally depraved or partially depraved? Since man can still help an old lady across the street you can't say people are Totally unable. Where you go wrong is to add on to your sentence "...He chose to save some while passing by others, justly condemning them for their sins." The reason you have to believe this, which is very evil to say the least, is because it follows the mistaken assumption of Total depravity. One error leads to another: one mistake assumption begets another: sin begets sin. There is no basis for Total depravity, nor is there any basis for worshiping a god who from birth sends people to Hell without any right of opportunity salvation. That would be like Hitler taking the Jews from birth and sending them to Hell also without any recourse. This glorifies one of the most evil men who ever lived just as much as your god. Sadly, you have made your choice to worship such evil. All I can do is help you to understand the choice you have already made, how you have gone awry, and possibly by the grace of God may you be convinced and convicted one day to leave this evil tyrant you worship. Just know as long as you are breathing in your body of flesh and blood and still reject Christ, you have not blasphemed the Holy Spirit. You may yet come to Christ one day.No, Calvinism doesn't "glorify evil", it says that man is a foul, wretched, vile creature in and of himself apart from God's grace, that his only hope is in a merciful God Who would have been entirely within His legal rights, because of the Fall, to have damned every single member of the human race to eternal Hell fire; but, in His infinite wisdom, mercy, and grace He chose to save some while passing by others, justly condemning them for their sins. Do you know what reprobation is? God's letting man have his own way. The reprobate sinner has no desire to be saved, for the Scripture saith (Job 15:16): "How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?" He has no desire to take "the water of life" (Rev. 22:17), his thirst is satiated already with his own sin. You Arminians say man takes that water in and of himself, that he believes and repents in and of his own capacity, regardless of your denial of it; but what saith the Scriptures?
Mat. 16:16-17: "And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven."
Jn. 4:10: "Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water."
Jn. 6:28-29: "Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent."
Phil. 1:6: "Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ."
Eph. 2:8-9: "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast."
You've got to deal with the doubletalk of your god. In moderate Calvinism, your god openly says he wants all to be saved, but secretly doesn't want all to be saved. This bipolar and makes your god a schizoid god.
Job 15.16 is not saying man is Totally depraved but speaks of man's propensity to sin and willfulness. Revelation 22.17: The Spirit and the bride say, "Come." Let each one who hears them say, "Come." Let the thirsty ones come--anyone who wants to. Let them come and drink the water of life without charge. God is not vain. He does not give these words if man can't receive Him, so your theory is wrong: "He has no desire to take" of the water of life freely. God said the water of life freely may be taken, whosoever may come. And why? Because God has provided sufficient grace to all. This is in stark contrast to your god who doesn't provide sufficient grace to all, but irresistibly imposes the Calvinism salvation on some and passes over billions for not justifiable reason in the mind of your god. If this type of behavior is evil for man and negligent, so it would be for God of the Bible. That's how one can know the god you worship is not God of the Bible.
The reason you accuse Christians (Arminians) of saving ourselves is because you refuse to repent and believe in Christ to be regenerated. This is relying on yourself and is wholly apart from God desire for you.
The verses you gave prove God's grace is sufficient, that He is the provider. They give no basis for believing in irresistibly imposed faith. The condition is set forth: "If thou..." and "that ye believe". God gives you the grace to do these things if you were willing to come to Him with an honest heart. Alas, you are unwilling.
God never contradicts Himself, so where in Deut. 29.29 does God contradict Himself? "There are secret things that belong to the LORD our God, but the revealed things belong to us and our descendants forever, so that we may obey these words of the law." That there are things God keeps secret since He is God and we are men, and we can't even understand everything, how does this suggest God is bipolar with a secret will where He doesn't want all to be saved and another will that contradicts which says He does want all to be saved? Why read into the text that which is not there? How is that being humble? "For God so loved the world...that the world through him might be saved" (John 3.16,17). This is both His secret will before it was known as well as His revealed will once it was known. No contradiction! Get over yourself. Pride is oozing forth like a stream of dead water! May I say it is like you are trying to be God, trying to get into His head make claims about Him that are just not true.The Scriptures declare that God has both a foreordinative will and a preceptive will (Deut. 29:29). Jesus Christ was murdered, a direct violation of the Sixth Commandment, the day He died on the Cross of Calvary, but the Scriptures declare:
Isa. 53:4: "Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted."
Acts 2:23: "Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain."
Acts 4:27-28: "For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done."
I think you are being purposely vague with these two verses because you have to be. What is His secret will and revealed will in these two verses? And where are they in conflict? Satan conflicts himself, God never does. Since you couldn't precisely and specifically show a contradiction of God that you accuse, then you are worshiping your false god into the text.There is an instance where God used even the Devil himself to accomplish His foreordinative will, when it was a direct violation of His preceptive will:
I Chr. 21:1: "And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel."
II Sam. 24:1: "And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah."
You've accused God falsely of double-talk in this; I really wouldn't want to be in your shoes when you answer for that.
Jesus died on the cross for everyone: "...we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe" (1 Tim. 4.10). This doesn't automatically save you, otherwise that would be universalism or like Hitler saving an Aryan race and damning the Jews to the gas chambers. Without Calvinism this could not have been achieved. You really don't need Jesus for Calvinism salvation, because you are selected anyway irresistibly. It's all a charade. Paul said he was an Apostle, but you only count 12 Apostles including Matthias. Why don't you agree with God's word there are not just the 12 Apostles but all the Apostles? He was seen "by the twelve apostles" (1 Cor. 15.5) and "later by all the apostles" (15.7). I don't mind being called by non-Christians I am not an Apostle, because they are not even born-again; they can't understand since they reject God of the Bible for their false God and false Christ. God told me you are not born-again. How can I deny what God has revealed by the Sword of His Spirit, the Word of God? Mormons call God their Father also and claim everyone who is not Mormon is Anti-Mormon. Who is Satanic then? That which is proven by God's word: you are satanic, carnal and full of false charges because you are under the control and possession of the evil spirit. You know not what you do.No, the reason why God regenerated me was because Christ died in my place, taking all my punishment on the Cross. God applied the precious Blood of Christ to my heart, giving me a new nature; He forgave me because of the Atonement, not irrespective of it, as you've said erroneously. No, sir, you are not an apostle; those twelve men are with the Lord now, having accomplished their blessed work on this earth. You have no right to accuse me falsely, to judge my heart, to say that I'm an unbeliever. I'm saved, elect, by God's sovereign grace, and I respectfully call upon the Lord Jesus Christ, my Savior, my "advocate with the Father" (I Jn. 2:1), to defend me against these satanic, carnal, false charges.
Yes Pharisees are false accusers and are going to Hell. The Bible says nobody is in Hell yet, not even David a man after God's own heart. So you again, misread the word of God when you said, they "are in Hell now". The unpardonable sin, blaspheming the Holy Spirit, is only accomplished when Jesus is on earth, not now. Study the proof. I have told you the truth you are not a Christian for the reasons given in this thread. It is easy to see. You are unwilling as Spurgeon said "to submit to the electing love and sovereign grace of God..." The Devil is in control of you: you are unwilling to repent and believe in Christ to be regenerated. What else can God do but send you to Hell when you will be resurrected a 1000 years after Jesus returns in Person. You have the spirit of antichrist, worshiping a false Christ.No, the Pharisees who accused Christ falsely of demonic possession, as you've accused me falsely of it, are in Hell now, they were reprobate, because in so doing they committed the unpardonable sin (Mk. 3:28-30, Jn. 8:48). You do not exhibit the spirit of Christ, you show the spirit of the Devil. Spurgeon indeed was correct when he said: "I believe the man who is not willing to submit to the electing love and sovereign grace of God, has great reason to question whether he is a Christian at all, for the spirit that kicks against that is the spirit of the devil, and the spirit of the unhumbled, unrenewed heart."
You have "assumed regeneration" before repentance and faith. You admit it, for you admit you think you were Totally depraved that necessitates regeneration before repentance and faith. It was not your choice, but forced; so you work for your salvation since you really don't know if you are saved or not, since it wasn't your choice. Yet God does not irresistibly impose Himself on anyone. You're "unwillingness to repent and believe in Christ" keeps you unsaved. None of your prayers are by God's grace, for how could they be? You still reject the One True God. I have on the full armor of God and protected from false prayers upon me. The Holy Spirit continues to rebuke your worshiping a false Christ as does Christ is me by the Holy Spirit, and I won't deny my Lord and Savior on this point. The decision has come down from on high. So-called blessings from Satan through you are refused and rebuked in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Thank you Jesus! Amen.You have attacked me unjustly. You have accused me falsely, repeatedly of unbelief, repeatedly of idolatry, repeatedly of demonic possession, repeatedly of assuming regeneration before faith and repentance, repeatedly of selfishness, of demonic control, of being a "child of perdition", of being a Satanic instrument, of doing Satan's bidding, of giving a "pretentious gift to Satan", of "Satanic grace", of calling upon a false Christ, of preaching a false gospel, of unwillingness to repent and to believe, of admitting to an unwillingness to repent and to believe, of pride, of "Satanic grace", and of selfishness. You can refuse or can rebuke any blessing or prayer you please, but that won't stop me from giving them by God's grace, as He has commanded, nor will your refusals or your rebukes nullify them, for I respecfully call upon God in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit to protect and to prosper any and all blessings that I have given you in this entire debate. I have authority to use any Scripture rightly, as I am God's child, despite your false accusations to the contrary. If the Lord will, I will continue to do so. I respectfully call upon the Lord Jesus Christ in His Name to defend me in these things, as He is my only Defense (II Sam. 22:31c). All these wrongs I now forgive in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ by His grace (Jn. 15:5c) per His command (Mk. 11:25-26). I also bless you in His Name by His grace per His command (Rom. 12:14).
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