Do People Have Free Will To Choose or Reject Christ?

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🗓️ 3 February 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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When a person comes to Christ, do they decide to repent and place their faith in Jesus and, as a result, are born again? Or, is a person born again by the Spirit of God and, as a result, see their sin, repent, and place their faith in Christ? The first view believes that humans, prior to Christ, can freely accept or reject the Gospel. The second view believes that humans will always reject the Gospel unless God sovereignly regenerates them through spiritual birth. In this episode of Real Christianity, pastor Dale Partridge looks at the Scriptures to discover what the Bible says about free will and fallen man’s ability to accept and reject Jesus Christ.

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0:00.0	Welcome to this episode of Real Christianity. My name is Dale Partridge. For each week,
0:12.5	I offer 15-20-minute answers to tough theological and pastoral questions. This show is a 100% listener
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0:41.3	Well, it's my belief that in order to fully comprehend and appreciate the gospel, we must first grasp
0:49.3	the state of man prior to receiving that gospel. Today's episode is unique and it'll
0:55.2	be a little bit longer than our regular 15-20-minute shows. The questions I'm going to attempt to answer
1:01.2	are how fallen was I before I was saved? And before I was a Christian, was I able to freely choose
1:09.8	or reject Jesus Christ? But before we dive in, I just want to make one quick announcement. Are you
1:16.5	struggling with the sin of pornography? I know so many people are. And we have created as a ministry,
1:23.4	a course in which I filmed a simple gospel-centered program. It's a three-week program for breaking free
1:30.7	from the bondage of pornography. You can have, you can finish the course in one sitting. You can
1:36.4	also do it over a three-week period. It's very affordable. And we have just had so many testimonies
1:44.2	from hundreds of people. And we've actually had nearly 2,000 people go through the program and find
1:52.4	freedom from the sin of pornography. And so if you are struggling without and are ready to break free,
2:00.6	go to standinvictory.org. Again, that's standinvictory.org. Okay, so we're not answering a question from
2:10.4	the audience today. We're answering a question that I have been studying for several months. And
2:17.1	I'm going to pose this question to the show today. And so basically it's this. According to
2:23.7	the Bible, do fallen human beings have a free will? That is, can they, on their own, choose to accept
2:32.6	or reject the Lord Jesus Christ? Now, let me begin by saying this is a massive topic. A 200 to
2:41.0	300 page book could make a dent in the discussion, but a, you know, 20 to 35 minute podcast can't.
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