As long as man
is in his condition of enmity against God he cannot welcome and he cannot enter
into a personal relationship with the things of God. But since millions of men
have entered into such a relationship the question must be asked: How has this
come about? The Arminian supposes that God has bestowed a common grace upon all
mankind which makes it possible for him to turn to God and receive God’s
salvation. The extreme Calvinist supposes that God, entirely apart from the
sinner’s activity, regenerates the man and gives him His Holy Spirit, and that
after that the man believes and receives the things of God. To put it another
way, God saves the sinner in order that he might believe, rather than the way
the Scripture teaches, man believes the gospel in order that he might be saved.
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