@BornAgainBalaky If your salvation is dependent on your will what makes Christian faith any different than Islam which also ultimately depends on the will to save?
If regeneration comes after faith then it is not different than any other religion who depends in the will to save. In true Christianity it is God who regenerates and God who grants the faith. True Christian faith is a miracle.
Calvinism’s regeneration before faith falls flat when a proper understanding of spiritual deadness is articulated
Please read/understand
being spiritually dead ≠ Calvinism’s understanding of being spiritually dead
No scripture clearly states regeneration comes before faith
@beready4rapture Again, I would ask you to explain what it actually means to be born again. Is Christian faith truly miraculous as in something that can only be done by God or does your theology demand it be identical to any other faith system that uses the will in order to actuate it?
People say they want God to be sovereign, right up until His sovereignty extends over human salvation. Then suddenly the Almighty must wait outside the human heart, hoping sinners will grant Him permission.
@MrTimothyRenfro Not all Calvinists believe this way. It is because I believe in Gods sovereignty in salvation that I believe all babies who pass away go to be with Christ. I would say that if the requirement is a free will choice then there is less assurance of their eternal destination.
@beready4rapture You are denying it actually. Your theology allows man to come to God through his natural free will. There is nothing miraculous about this kind of faith.