Sure there are. He gives it unless you want to claim He grants it randomly.
Dishonoring the bodily sacrifice of Jesus Christ in Calvinism
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Aaron
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“Whosoever believes” in Jesus will have eternal life. Paul likewise says “the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people” (Titus 2:11). And again, God “is the Savior of all men, especially of believers” (1 Timothy 4:10).
So while Jesus is the savior for all people in the sense that anyone can accept the salvation He offers, it is only believers who will ultimately be saved. As further evidence that God offers salvation to all people, consider the fact that God wants all people to be saved (1 Timothy 2:4; 2 Peter 3:9).
In what sense could God, who sent his Son “to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10), genuinely desire the salvation of every person if some people are not even given the opportunity to accept that salvation?
God’s offer of salvation goes out to all people, Jesus died for all people, and God loves the whole world and desires the salvation of all people; nevertheless, only some will choose to respond to God’s saving grace and be saved.
- Zach Breitenbach
So while Jesus is the savior for all people in the sense that anyone can accept the salvation He offers, it is only believers who will ultimately be saved. As further evidence that God offers salvation to all people, consider the fact that God wants all people to be saved (1 Timothy 2:4; 2 Peter 3:9).
In what sense could God, who sent his Son “to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10), genuinely desire the salvation of every person if some people are not even given the opportunity to accept that salvation?
God’s offer of salvation goes out to all people, Jesus died for all people, and God loves the whole world and desires the salvation of all people; nevertheless, only some will choose to respond to God’s saving grace and be saved.
- Zach Breitenbach
Cosmo
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The effects of sin are devastating, God did not leave us in that helpless state. God extended his grace to all humans to enable them to come to him. This measure of grace, called “prevenient grace,” allows human free will to accept God’s call. But, the will is also free to reject this call.
Faith, then, as a gift of God, grants the power to believe. However, people must choose to exercise this faith in the act of belief. Until this faith is exercised, the Holy Spirit does not make a new heart. Faith comes first, then the new birth.
