Tuesday, November 25, 2008

human will

God has promised certainly his grace to the humbled: that is, to the self-deploring and despairing. But a man cannot be thoroughly humbled, until he comes to know that his salvation is utterly beyond his own powers, counsel, endeavours, will and works, and absolutely depending on the will, counsel, pleasure and work of another, that is, of God only. ~ Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will

To reiterate, both Arminians and Calvinists believe man has a will. The focus is more on the aspect of it being free. Now some Arminians argue that if the will isn't free then it is not a will at all. I haven't heard a good argument supporting that. They always seem as desperate and non-sensical as the Calvinist claim that the Arminian therefore doesn't think God is Sovereign.

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