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The reformed theology in action!! That's exactly what he said.
John 6:36-38 - But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.
Arminians only choose to focus on the second half of the verse ("whoever comes to me I will never drive away"), but it is clearly stated that the giving comes before the coming.
God acts (calls), man reacts (comes), never the other way around.
The arrogance of man has led them to believe that somehow they can participate in the process of salvation. This removes the sovereighty of God from the equation, which is clearly revealed through these verses and others. Who wouldn't want to hear that they can participate, thus that's what men have come to believe. I find it ironic that men have no problem letting God be sovereign in EVERYTHING else in their life except that which involves their eternal salvation, and then they all of the sudden have a say in the matter. "Dead in sin..." When was the last time something dead was able to make a decision about anything, up to and including salvation. Return God's sovereignty to the foot of His throne.
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