Thursday, June 7, 2012

Free Will?


"Then why do you embrace Christ, and your moral Buddhist neighbour across the street does not?

Are you smarter than he is?

More spiritually sensitive?

Better, in any way?

What makes you to differ?

Is the Holy Spirit working just as hard on him as He did on you?

If so, why do you believe, and he does not?

No matter how hard you try, you can’t avoid coming to the conclusion that, in a 'free will' system of salvation, those who believe do so because there is something different about them.

If the Spirit is bringing equal conviction to bear upon each individual, the only deciding factor, given equality in everything else, is something in the person himself.

I believe the only possible difference between the redeemed in heaven and the guilty, condemned, punished sinner in hell is a five-letter word ...

It’s called 'grace.'"

~ James White

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