Calvinsim

Well we have discussed this free will problem in detail in the past. I accept that you'll do not believe a heresy if you believe that you chose your salvation. I know that you believe in faith, and that grace is in there too. I have seen that you'll like Steves doctrine of grace. May i remind you that Steve has taken the road of Calvin and that grace is a profound power that has no back door deals or human will limiting it. If you'll wish for that grace to be a reality in your own thinking then you will need to get off of the road you are traveling on in free will.

Remember when you decided to become a christian? Now you can say that you had a free will to decide and that feels free to you and you feel good about yourself. But there are consequences for beliefs. See if you really chose God then you are responsible for that choice entirely. Thats a really hard life to live. I mean it really is impossible if you down to that reality. I mean you can believe that and sacrifice your freedom by feeling good that you chose God. But when you think that way then what happens one day when you leave Him for awhile? 

Just think about your house, and how proud it was to choose that first one to live in. You felt so responsible because you signed your name on that line. You did every thing you could to fix it up and then you began paying for it and you were proud to be a home owner. You had so much pride in yourself for your choice. Then one day things started to happen and through many circumstances you went through a long period were you began to lose all that you had built up in that house. It became such an inward turmoil that it led to an ulcer. All that responsible good feeling went rite out the window. You were blaming yourself for every thing because just like you being on top of the world feeling proud of your choice, now that reality turned on you and you were in a constant state of self blame.

So you sought out others who were great choosers and they consoled you, but when you were by yourself your mind was programmed to believe that your freedom granted you full responsibility.

Now think about this what happens if someone buys the house for you? What happens if he gives you the opportunity to choose your own house and he fronted the money? Now here you are living in the house you chose but realizing that that person gave you a free gift and so you want to do every thing to keep that house good because you want to show him how much you appreciate him. Now these bad circumstances happen to you and now because he bought the house for you and he says dont worry, its my house now i will take the burden so you dont need to carry the responsibility on yourself. I love you and i will give you grace to go through these bad circumstances and i will supply all your needs because i aloud you to choose that house and i will be responsible for your future. Then you would love Him even more because he is in control. See that is what sovereign grace is all about. Thats why God must choose us so that we can be free. really free.