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No. Scriptures says natural man is DEAD in trespasses and sins (Eph.2:1,5). Dead. They are not somehow "alive" "to God's voice calling them to repentance". That's your making. A dead man has no abilities.
Got scripture for that? Would you not see a difference between a natural man and a spiritual man?
Satan may have this, for a reason. However what he has can not make him just before God. Same thing with natural man. That's why God quickens him so that he may get right with Him. In and by himself natural man lacks that ability.
Eh? That's your mere opinion then but it leaves much to ask. Calvinism is not saying "only in our organization or cult can you can be saved" or similar. It actually gives due honor to the One who is the author of salvation.
The "exclusivist" insinuation (which you hitherto has not backed up with any sources) is really not adding much to a serious discussion. I hope you do not belong to those who tell other people (who differ from you in beliefs) what they believe rather than to first ask them or read up on what they believe.
Got scripture for that? Would you not see a difference between a natural man and a spiritual man?
Satan may have this, for a reason. However what he has can not make him just before God. Same thing with natural man. That's why God quickens him so that he may get right with Him. In and by himself natural man lacks that ability.
The best source is the "L" in TULIP: "Limited Atonement" which is no different than the claims of other forms of "Exclusivity Religion" like Luciferian occultism, Catholicism, Judaism, Black Hebrew Israelites, British Hebrew Israelites, etc. Are you sure you're a Calvinist? 
The "exclusivist" insinuation (which you hitherto has not backed up with any sources) is really not adding much to a serious discussion. I hope you do not belong to those who tell other people (who differ from you in beliefs) what they believe rather than to first ask them or read up on what they believe.
Most of who claim OSAS BELIEVERS are literally Born Again believers. MOST of us have SURRENDERED to CHRIST as LORD of our LIVES. YET again you spew lies about our BELIEFS. VERY FEW OSAS are anywhere's close being mondern day Pharisees. Pharisees only believe in the HEAD, while most of us UNDERSTAND it has to be in OUR HEARTS (coequals to the Human Spirit), or it equals NON-SAVED. You really have Fallen for a BIG BUNCH OF HOGWASH about our Beliefs, haven't you ? ? ?
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7,500 pages and 150,000 posts in this thread and it's still the same story.
the scripture says it is by grace through faith, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
the accuser says anyone who believes this is teaching, encouraging & practicing sin.
isn't it a bit ironic that you call me a 'hermeneutical mess' while you yourself insert some imaginary 'false prophet' into the parable that is not in the text at all?
show me the verse describing the fantasy person who told these make-believe things to the wicked servant . . ?
here you are adding imaginary characters to scripture, purely fictional targets for the animosity that dwells in your heart, yet at the same time you go around saying you're the one 'reasoning from scripture instead of human ideas'
remarkable
the scripture says it is by grace through faith, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
the accuser says anyone who believes this is teaching, encouraging & practicing sin.
isn't it a bit ironic that you call me a 'hermeneutical mess' while you yourself insert some imaginary 'false prophet' into the parable that is not in the text at all?
show me the verse describing the fantasy person who told these make-believe things to the wicked servant . . ?
here you are adding imaginary characters to scripture, purely fictional targets for the animosity that dwells in your heart, yet at the same time you go around saying you're the one 'reasoning from scripture instead of human ideas'
remarkable
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people who get all their information about our faith from those who despise our faith do not gain a right understanding of our faith.
it only makes matters worse when they won't listen to people who actually believe God is faithful to preserve them.
imagine we go to an Buddhist forum and tell all of them what they believe, berating them for all kinds of things that none of them actually believe or practice, not listening to anything they tell you trying to correct your wrong thinking. what would we look like to them? like a fool, right?
imagine a Muslim comes here to visit, and tells us what we believe, attacking it non-stop without listening to anyone correcting his errors, misrepresentations and bad information. what would we think of him? and what would we do -- would we just return fire with a lot of our own mistaken misrepresentations of Islam?
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you confessed that you can do nothing of yourself.
but scripture says it is not of human will, desire or effort, but of God who has mercy.
did you look in the mirror this morning and forget that you can do nothing of yourself?
you can do nothing of yourself.
here's my super-profound revelatory thought for you:
1 John 2:3 comes after 1 John 2:1
- where'd you get choice if you can do nothing of yourself?
- how are you exercising something if you can do nothing of yourself?
- how do you surrender if you can do nothing of yourself?
- how is it you can trust if you can do nothing of yourself?
- where did you get will when you can do nothing of yourself?
- where did you get freedom if you can do nothing of yourself?
but scripture says it is not of human will, desire or effort, but of God who has mercy.
did you look in the mirror this morning and forget that you can do nothing of yourself?
you can do nothing of yourself.
here's my super-profound revelatory thought for you:
1 John 2:3 comes after 1 John 2:1
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Psalm 103 NIV
103 1 Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. 2 Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits- 3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, 4 who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, 5 who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
103 1 Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. 2 Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits- 3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, 4 who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, 5 who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
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