Cheryl Schatz

Mark,
You said:

“Let me quote from a position to see if you agree with it:

That man could not obtain saving faith of himself or by the strength of his own free will, but stood in need of God’s grace through Christ to be renewed in thought and will.

Is this what you believe?”
On the surface this might look ok but once you did deaper into the theology it is simply wrong.

I am not asking you to go beyond the quote. There has been a history of misrepresentation of what non-Calvinists believe. I was just asking you if you believe what the quote said. Yet you said “on the surface this might look okay”. It seems like if something doesn’t come from John Calvin, there is not truth in it. I am just amazed that you have come alongside me and agreed with me a lot at the end of our discussions.

Is this what you believe?

I think that it is well said. We have a need for God to work in our lives to bring us to the truth. Then we need to respond to God in faith so that we can be born again to a brand new life for salvation is never of or from us but only the work of our God.