Dear Troy,<br><br>Ok, so you say that our soul has the capacity to rightly choose God through His grace. Well I agree with that so far. God regenerates us and as a hymn says well, "Now freely chosen in the Son, I freely choose His ways." But then you go on to say:<br><br><blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr>[color:"blue"]He makes us alive in Christ because He regenerates us give us a new spirit quickens our conscience. How did He do this? By us choosing Him by our free will. When this happened when it first happened, it was there and then that we had His life that worked in us.<br></font><hr></blockquote><p><br><br>[img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/scratch.gif" alt="scratch" title="scratch[/img]<br><br>Hmmmmm, it seems to me that this statement is contradicting itself. You say that it is only once God regenerates us that we can rightly choose Him, but at the same time you are saying that God will only regenerate us once we choose Him. I'm certainly glad that this is not what scripture teaches, for nobody would ever be saved!<br><br>Please refrain from making declarations about what is and isn't right if you refuse to use the means by which God defines what is and isn't right. We are giving you a lot of scripture to look through. You say we misread scripture but fail to show us how. Your one effort to do this was weak at best (refereing to "He draws all, not all are drawable"). It infers information which isn't stated and that is not even hinted at in the Bible. If it is shown, then show us where? I am not claiming to be perfect or to know everything, but rather I wish, by God's grace to be teachable. I refuse, though, to be taught by anything but God's perfect Word.<br><br>Chris
