The Calvinism Debate - Way of Life Literature

God, the verse says nothing about man’s will or his ability orinability to respond to God’s grace.at there is none that calls upon the name of the Lord orstirs himself up to take hold of God does not mean that thesinner is unable to respond to God’s grace and does not meanthat he cannot believe the gospel. Le to himself, the sinnerdoes not seek God nor call upon His name, but sinners arenot le to themselves. ey are given light (Jn. 1:9), convicted(Jn. 16:8), and drawn to Christ (Jn. 12:32). God hascommanded that the gospel be preached to every sinner andthat those who believe will be saved (Mk. 16:15-16), and thereis nothing in Isaiah 64:6-7 that says the sinner cannot believein response to God’s work of enlightenment, conviction, anddrawing.Romans 3:10-18--“As it is written, ere is nonerighteous, no, not one: ere is none that understandeth,there is none that seeketh aer God. ey are all gone outof the way, they are together become unprofitable; there isnone that doeth good, no, not one. eir throat is an opensepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; thepoison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full ofcursing and bitterness: eir feet are swi to shed blood:Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way ofpeace have they not known: ere is no fear of God beforetheir eyes.”is passage is a forthright condemnation of fallen man. Heis not righteous. He does not understand nor seek aer God.He is gone out of the way and become unprofitable. He doesnot do good. His mouth is full of deceit and cursing andbitterness. He has no fear of God.Consider, though, that this passage says nothing aboutman’s will or his ability or inability to receive the gospel or toexercise faith. at no sinner naturally seeks aer God is notto say that he cannot believe the gospel when it is offered tohim in the context of God’s enlightenment (Jn. 1:9),conviction (Jn. 16:8), and drawing (Jn. 12:32).88