The CORE Men's Bible Study at GHCC shocked me when one of the men lead the other men in the group into a cheer for FREE WILL about three times in response to Acts 2:47 : "Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved." I was the only man present of about twelve that that didn't cheer "FREE WILL". Unfortunately I was too shocked by the worship like celebration of MAN's FREE WILL to cheer "PRAISE GOD" OR "GOD'S SOVEREIGN GRACE". By the grace of God none of the men present including me was hit by lightning for giving praise to MAN's FREE WILL and not God.
Welcome to the GHCC Twilight Zone where man worships FREE WILL as if it is part of the Godhead. Not the Trinity but the Quad of Father, Son, Holy Spirit, and Man's Free Will. After awhile I got tired of the Free Will sillyness and dropped out.
I and others in the group was taught by several men in the CORE Men's Bible Study that decisional regeneration saves you! You ask Jesus into your heart and automatically you get the Holy Spirit. I pondered if Free Will could automatically get other gifts from God, but had no desire to ask the question to find out.
No decision no salvation, a total lack of trust that anyone that cannot recall asking Jesus into their heart can really be saved. After-all, God is a respecter of Man's Free Will.
No trust in the finished work of Jesus on the cross (Atonement) alone as it is faith in a decision to accept the gift? of salvation. It was all too much like the baptism transaction of Campbellism without getting wet.
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