These same people who give God all credit for deeds done in their new nature also believe he’s not powerful enough to help them stop sinning in word thought and deed every day.
This is a valid point!
Under compatibilism, people are credited for actions determined by their nature. A person takes full credit for sin flowing from an unchosen sinful nature—and by the same logic, must take full credit for faith and good works flowing from an unchosen regenerate nature.
If man’s inborn nature is the “secondary cause” by which God brings about sin while crediting mankind, not God, then man’s new nature is likewise the “secondary cause” by which God brings about belief unto salvation while crediting mankind, not God.
The only way to get around this is to pretend the inborn nature is not just as much under the “sovereign control” of God as the new nature is, which is exactly what you see many Calvinists inexplicably attempting to do.
@6079SmithWinsom Thanks for the reply! Do you have any reference for that? I googled it and it says it’s all anecdotal (which I don’t negate, but still curious for more)
God often favors people because of the heart and actions THEY have chosen. 🙂
“But to this one I will look,
To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word…”
Is 66:2