How would you answer this :
If sinners have no ability to respond to the Gospel, how is it that God can punish them for
NOT responding to the Gospel? Wouldn't that be like me punishing my dog for not making me lunch?
In Mt. 23 it says that the cities that rejected Christ after seeing his miracles would be judged more fiercely then Sodom and Gomorrah, because had Sodom and Gomorrah seen the miracles of Jesus they would have turned to Christ.
When commissioning his disciples, Jesus told them that if they are rejected they should shake the dust from their feet, and know that those who rejected the message would be punished fiercely for rejecting the Gospel.
These both seem to teach that sinners are judged worse for rejecting the Gospel. How can that be if they have no ability to accept the Gospel?
Also, why would God command them to repent if they have no ability to repent?