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delvanis said:
One thing I don't understand about Calvinism is it's teaching that the there are no conditions for a person to be saved. Salvation is all of grace states Calvinism. That doesn't make much sense. Either the person does the believing or God does it for the person. Also a person needs to be sorry for their sins and ask forgiveness.So does the person say I'm sorry, please forgive me or does God do that? So the human will must be willing to acknowledge their sins personally and believe the gospel at the same time.This makes more sense to me.


Let me try, <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> (forgive me if it is a simple language I use, English is my third language) God has chosen to redeem a people to Himself from eternity. And so the redeeming is all the work of The Triune God. It is the Holy Spirit that makes us see our sin, He makes us regret our sin and makes us look upon Jesus Christ as our Savior and mediator. He died in the place of sinners, and by that satisfied God the father.
When we are given faith, the Lord does change our will too. We are now made a people that want to do the will of God. The will of God is written in the Bible, and it is again the Holy Spirit that applies it to our hart. So repentance and believe are both given.

Willemina
beggar at His Throne