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Joe k said:
Scripture does support the notion that God does bend wills, maipulates, or whatever word you want to use. I have no issue saying 'forces' people to do what is not their natural inclination. For if He did not bend, or compel, noone would seek Him and I thank Him for this. Just as He leaves people in their own lusts and withdraws His grace. The only answers given in the writ is "WHo are we to reply against Him" And it is according to His good pleasure.

For if He did not bend the chosens wills, they would continue to hate God and their neighbor.
Joe,

I would have to disagree with your view, i.e., God "bends" the will of men so that they will do that which is "not their natural inclination". There is nowhere in Scripture, that I have been able to find, that this is true. On the contrary, the ONLY reason ANYONE "seeks Christ", i.e., come to Him with a true faith is that God recreates the will, aka: regeneration. In regeneration the nature is enlivened, thus changing one's "disposition" which then directs the will.

Can you provide some Scriptural evidence to support your view that God violates the will of men so that they think and/or do that which is contrary to their nature? [Linked Image]

In His grace,

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simul iustus et peccator

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