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have failed if he did not cooperate. Therefore, they may argue, even if the semantics of "draw" are understood in the usual sense, this should only be taken to indicate the source of the power, not the question of whether the person being drawn responds to the drawing, or to indicate that the drawing is done irrespective of their will.
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says that "this act of drawing is an act of power, yet not of force; God in drawing of unwilling, makes willing in the day of His power: He enlightens the understanding, bends the will, gives an heart of flesh, sweetly allures by the power of His grace, and engages the soul to come to Christ, and
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8:28, 30). Of course, this confirmation depends upon the belief that when God elected certain individuals for salvation, He either did not know or did not consider who would respond and obey, though the
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in both John 6:44 and 12:32; (2) the word "all" (translated "all people" in verse 12:32) should be taken in the sense of "all kinds of people" rather than "every individual"; and thus (3) the former verse refers to an irresistible internal call to salvation and the latter to the opening of the
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teaches that when humans reject the calling of the Holy Spirit, it is not a result of the Word being less efficacious. Instead, contempt for the means of grace is the result of "the perverse will of man, which rejects or perverts the means and instrument of the Holy Ghost, which God offers him
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Testament of the use of this verb where the resistance is successful. Always the drawing power is triumphant, as here." Such
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In this view, (1) after God's universal dispensation of grace to mankind, the will of man, which was formerly adverse to God and unable to obey, can now choose to obey through the work of Christ; and (2) although God's grace is a strong initial catalyst to effect salvation, it is not
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give up itself to Him; he draws with the bands of love. Drawing, though it supposes power and influence, yet not always coaction and force: music draws the ear, love the heart, and pleasure the mind."
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Popular Symbolics: The Doctrines of the Churches of Christendom and Of Other Religious Bodies Examined in the Light of Scripture
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The Quest for Truth: Answering Life's Inescapable Questions
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1529:. Nashville: Randall House Publications. pp. 313–321.
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2085:"Why Calvinism Makes Me Want to Gouge My Eyes Out"
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1485:"TULIP and Reformed Theology: Irresistible Grace"
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1850:"Calvinism and Lutheranism compared"
1347:History of Calvinist–Arminian debate
1081:renewing grace is always effective.
706:World Communion of Reformed Churches
349:Institutes of the Christian Religion
1758:Solid Declaration, art. ii, par. 71
1677:John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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1994:"A Logical Analysis – John 6:44"
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1483:Sproul, R. C. (April 15, 2017).
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2029:The Gospel According to John
1428:Reformed Christianity portal
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1972:A Greek-English Lexicon
1943:part 8, "Of Confession"
1727:Luther, Martin (2007).
1577:United Methodist Church
1573:"Our Wesleyan Heritage"
1357:Congregatio de Auxiliis
1341:History of the doctrine
204:Theology of John Calvin
22:A series of articles on
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1383:against the Jesuits.
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2170:"Irresistible Grace"
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282:Helvetic Confessions
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2148:"Efficacious Grace"
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1829:"Efficacious Grace"
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1442:Christianity portal
827:, bringing them to
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355:Systematic theology
2546:Calvinist theology
2271:2016-04-16 at the
2255:Irresistible Grace
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2181:, chapter 13 from
2125:2005-06-24 at the
1948:2017-07-31 at the
1887:2007-01-02 at the
1774:2008-05-16 at the
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1754:Formula of Concord
1606:Commentary on John
1545:Teologins historia
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2161:"On Regeneration"
2083:Corey, Benjamin.
1939:Smalcald Articles
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1288:Limited Atonement
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