The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Totally or Utterly

1. You have no warrant, biblically, to determine and pronounce yourself "Reprobate"!! Only God may (permission) and can (ability) to decree the end of anyone or anything. And, this was done in eternity by His immutable determinate counsel. That God has revealed that some out of Adam's fallen race have been predestinated to either glory or hell is true. But who those individuals are, with the exception of Esau, have not been revealed. Through the eyes of a human with less than the intellect of a clam it can be understood that some of the most heinous and damnable individuals who ever lived and who could be said that they are prime candidates for damnation, God has brought out of the blackest darkness into His marvelous light, e.g., Nebuchadnezzar and the Apostle Paul. And, to be perfectly honest, I too could be thrown into that category as is the undeniable case for every single sinner who has been shown the love, mercy and grace of God in Christ Jesus. In short, YOU have no corner on depravity nor the pejorative title of Reprobate.

2. Your last part of the quote above is woefully contradictory. That you may be as you have boasted a vile individual and worthy of damnation by the most holy God. However, such individuals invariably are at enmity with God, rejecting the truth of His being and attributes, hating all His commandments, precepts and laws, wanting nothing to do with His chosen people and even persecuting them, and having no desire whatsoever to be rescued from their corrupt nature which is odious in the nostrils of God, which such individuals would ever admit. Soooo, how is it that you preen yourself on being beyond God's ability to save you? As Meta4 rightly observed, although you have no natural ability to repent and believe, you are guilty nonetheless of refusing to repent and believe. Regardless of your perceived depravity of heart, mind and soul, you are still accountable for your [b]unwillingness[/i] to repent and believe. I would venture to guess that you would affirm that despite that no one CAN keep the law of God perfectly, which God demands of everyone, they are responsible to do so and will face judgment for their refusal to obey. Your own refusal to repent and believe and God cannot be accused of withholding grace to you even though you claim to truly "wish" to be delivered from sin and death. Sorry, that doesn't equate.

So, are you going to continue to blame God for your inability to be united with Christ? Or will you confess that such odious charge is nothing more than the expression of your sinful soul, repent of your sinfulness and sins and cling to Christ who is not only able but willing to save ALL who come to Him believing?