Bob Felts wrote:
> Gary McNees wrote:
>
>
>>Bart Goddard wrote:
>>
>>>gkmcnees@comcast.net wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>If, on one hand, we can't obey the law, then we can not receive
>>>>>salvation by believing.
>>>>
>>>>I must disagree. We can believe, for God enables us to do so.
>>>
>>>
>>>Which means that we must first be regenerated before we can believe.
>>>What else could "enabling" mean here?
>>>
>>
>>"Enabling" is not causing or forcing - it is well, enabling.
>
>
> What you miss is that God's enabling is brought about by a change of
> nature -- and a different nature results in different decisions.

No this is not what I "miss." This is pure eisegesis.
It is based upon your theology, not on Scripture, for
it contradicts Scripture.

Scripture not only does not teach this, but it teaches the very
opposite, in many places which I have cited.

God "draws" by the means He states, which I have posted earlier.

Jeremiah 31:3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I
have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness
have I drawn thee.

This is very opposite of what Calvinism teaches. Calvinism "draws"
without love. It changes without the will of the drawn, and in fact
against the will of the drawn. For according to Calvinism, all will
against such "drawing" till God has changed them unilaterally. This
"drawing" is against the will of the drawn.

According to Scripture, faith comes through hearing the word of God,
and believing it. According to Calvinism, faith is the result of being
regenerated. And further, being born again is through faith, thus
putting faith logically before regeneration. In fact, Scripture states
that we must believe in order to become the child of God. Just the
opposite of what Calvinism teaches.

>>1 a : to render able *enable a person to earn a living* : give power,
>>strength, or competency *his particular theology enabling him to
>>overcome some of the difficulties˜ S.F.Mason* b : to make possible,
>>practical, or easy *enabled passage of the anti-poll-tax law˜ H.F. &
>>Katharine Pringle*
>>2 a archaic : to give authority or sanction to : ENDOW b : to give
>>legal capacity to
>>3 : to give the opportunity to : ALLOW *examinations so designed that
>>high-school graduates are enabled to pass
>>
>
>
> So much for Ephesians 2:8-9. "Look what I have done" is the result of
> your soteriology.

Yup, so much for Eph. 2:8-9! The Calvinist turn these verses on their
heads! They CANNOT believe Sc