interested_one
Puritan Board Freshman
I was wondering about this, but when we speak of man's free will in regards to salvation, are we (Calvinists) saying that a man cannot come to Christ apart from the Holy Spirit? Are we also saying that afterwards that a man is still responisible (after the work of the Holy Spirit) to exercise faith and continue on in reaching the mark? So is the extent of the Holy Spirit's work merely on the part of regeneration (the part that man cannot do on his own)? We are not saying that the Holy Spirit overrides the individual's will after regeneration and therefore, moving him to do good works... I am not sure if I made my question clear. Can we say that man does have a free will and the qualify it in a sense? I know that people will refer me to Edwards, Owen, Calvin, Luther, etc., but I just want to know if we in a sense have a free will. To what extent is our will free? If you could clarify this fo rme I would appreciate it.
Dylan
Dylan