praise_yeshua
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Except believing the gospel/believing christ precedes life
John 20:31 (ESV) — 31 but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
John 5:40 (ESV) — 40 yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.
John 5:24–25 (ESV) — 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. 25 “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
John 6:53 (ESV) — 53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
Which is why Calvinist believe in enlightenment before the new birth. He doesn't even know what he believes.
Sometimes a Calvinist will insist that these two separate events are actually so closely linked that "causally" there really is no distinction relative to temporal order. Which is a preposterous excuse. They know it is. They usually run when you challenge them.