Jesus said He "will draw all men unto me" (John 12.32), but the Calvinist say He doesn't draw all men to Himself. John 1.9 says, "That was the true Light, which lighteth EVERY MAN that cometh into the world." Rom. 1.19 says "that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them [all men]." And by observing nature everyone knows God exists (v.20) so nobody is without excuse (common grace). Rom. 2.11-16 indicates that sinners are drawn through their conscience, even when they have not heard the word of God. So in the end people go to Hell, not because of any alleged inability to come to Christ, but because they will not come to Christ -- "You will not come to me, that you might have life" (John 5.40). Calvinists will not come to Christ. The teaching that men, women and children are totally unable to come to Christ to trust Him as Saviour is not a Scriptural teaching. The language itself is not Scriptural reflecting the dead spirit of a Calvinist.
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