waronthesaints,<br><br>First all, let me extend a warm [Linked Image] to the Discussion Board.

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That is the accurate assessment of the cross of us. "It is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me." Therefore I am not totally deprave[d] that I can't choose God, but rather I am utterly corrupt that I must accept that assessment of me.
Unless I misunderstood you here, only the regenerated sinner is able to love and live for God by grace. If you speaking of an unregenerate sinner, then it is not "not this, but that", but rather because the unregenerate man is totally depraved he cannot accept the assessment of himself as being totally depraved. The disease prevents the cure, thus (Matt 11:25-27; Jh 3:3, 5, 19, 6:44; 10:26; Rom 3:11; 8:7; et al).

If I have misunderstood you.. my apologies! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

In His Grace,