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"Bob Felts" wrote in message
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> Gary wrote:
>
> > "Bob Felts" wrote in message
> > news:136.37.18.05.949310000@srcbs.org...
> > >
> > >
> > > Gary McNees wrote:
> > >
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am waiting. Specifically tell me how an unregenerate man,
> > > > > Cornelius, > can pray to God and God answer his prayers.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Trivially easy. 1) Total depravity does not mean that
unregenerate
> > > > >man cannot pray. I prayed before I became a believer, although I
> > > > >certainly prayed amiss. 2) God answers the prayers from whoever
He
> > > > >desires.
> > > > >
> > > > Then you depart from historical Calvinism which states that
> > > > unregenerate man will never seek God, by prayer or any other means.
> > >
> > > What I said and what you said are not contradictory. To pray to God
> > > doesn't equate to seeking God. In many cases, the prayer is to a
> > > fictious God.
> >
> > The God that Cornelius prayed to was the REAL GOD.
>
> Really? Since Cornelius did not know the Son when he prayed, how could
> he have truly prayed to the Father?
John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in
me.

> > Not only that, God ANSWERED his prayer, probably more dramitically than
He
> > answers our prayers.
> >
>
> Because He is gracious, not because we pray rightly.

That is for sure! For,
Romans 8:26 ¶ In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do
not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us
with groans that words cannot express.


>
> > > They pray to a God of their imagination; they do not seek after God
as
> > > He really is.
> >
> > Cornelius, Lydia, etc. did seek the true God, and not one of their
> > imaginations. And they did this WHILE not saved or regenerate.
> >
>
> Lydia had to have her heart "opened to the things spoken of by Paul".

Yup! Very true. We cannot come to Christ except He draw us.

> > > > For Cornelius to pray to God he must have had faith in God. Not
saving
> > > > faith, but faith nevertheless.
> > >
> > > How can you have faith in someone you don't know?
> >
> > The devils believe and tremble!
>
> So what? Men aren't demons.

Cornelius believed in the God that Christ referred to when He
said,
John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in
me.

> > The devils "believe" in ONE GOD, the true God.