I ran across a skeptic on Facebook this week who denies that humans have any part in repentance for salvation. Here is my reply to his heresy...
Kindly, you are denying man's FREE WILL. It sounds like you are a Calvinist, because they teach Unconditional Election, that God chooses and forces men to be saved. I deny all 5-tenets of Calvinism! Irresistible Grace is a false doctrine. Limited Atonement is a lie. The Perseverance of the Saints is a lie. There is such a thing as a carnal believer who lives a life full of sin but still has 100% assurance of eternal life through faith in Christ.
Jesus foretold that when resurrected, He would draw all men (not some men) through the Holy Spirit to Himself for salvation...
John 12:32, “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.”
No human can respond to the Gospel without first being drawn by God's Spirit. Titus 2:11 plainly declares that the grace of God which brings salvation has appeared unto ALL MEN. We as humans have A CHOICE of whether to accept or reject Christ's sacrifice on the cross as full payment for our sins. Man's free will is a necessary part of choosing God's gift of forgiveness of sins and eternal life.So, it is heresy to teach that a man has no part in repentance, because God never forces anyone to receive His grace.
Repentance facilitates believing the Gospel. No one has ever been saved who didn't repent, but the man who believes on the Lord Jesus Christ has repented. That is, he has changed his mind (in agreement with God's written Word) to acknowledge himself as a guilty sinner; and to trust Jesus as his personal Savior.
BEWARE of the deadly lies of John Calvin (1509-1564), which tommyrot has crept into many Baptist churches today (known as 'Reformed Baptists'). The apostate Southern Baptist Convention is infected with Calvinism (aka, Lordship Salvation)! Sadly, most pastors today have a wicked cavalier attitude, given to haughty disregard for right doctrine, the accuracy of the Gospel and the purity of God's inspired Word. They are incompetent clergy.
I speak of infidels' Marty Herron, Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary, Gary Walton, Timothy Zacharias, Bill Adams, Josh Thompson, Bobby and Brad Moffett, Jeff Redlin, Pensacola Christian College, Bob Jones University, Albert Mohler, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southwestern, Jack Chick and Chick Tracts, 'Unshackled' radio, Baptist Theological Seminary, Bill and Franklin Graham, Paul Washer, Beth Moore, Joyce Meyer, Steve Pettit, Ray Comfort, Kirk Cameron, Joel Osteen, Pat Robertson, J.D. Greear, Southern Baptist Convention, Benny Hinn, Bill Hamon, John Hagee, James Dobson, Adrian Rogers, William Lane Craig, Chuck Phelps and Charles Lawson (to name but a few hellbound heretics who pervert the Gospel of free grace). These are all woeful stiff-necked FOOLS concerning God's simple plan of salvation, perverting the Gospel of free grace by adding works to it!
