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In attempting to escape the clear implications of this lamentable doctrine,
it is argued that although totally depraved man can do nothing but reject th
e gospel, God is just in holding him accountable and damning him. Paul expla
ins how God can justly forgive sinners (Romans 3:21-30) but nowhere does Scr
ipture explain how God could justly condemn for sinning those whom He predes
tined to sin and to eternal destruction.
With no apparent sense of irony, a Calvinist friend who critiqued the first
rough draft of the manuscript for this book wrote in a lengthy response:
Nor do Calvinists deny that men can respond to the gospel or that God withho
lds the ability to respond. They do respond ... negatively. And this respons
e has nothing to do with God withholding anything .... God does not prevent
man from coming to Him. They are free to come to Him if they want to. What G
od does withhold is His mercy, which He is under no obligation to give since
it is man's desire not to know God. 22 |
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