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Originally Posted by Calvinist
No? Regeneration doesn't precede faith?
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This verse tells me that regeneration has to precede faith, because the natural man considers the gospel to be foolishness, so why would he choose it?.
1Co 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Also, what about the apostle Paul, he was changed first, so much for his free will.
Rom 9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Rom 9:14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
Rom 9:15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. Rom 9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.