Can We Really Choose God?

Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ffahj6jvsd0In this episode, Brian and Pastor Jay discuss human will, grace, and whether sinners can choose God apart from God’s work in them. They look at John 6, Ephesians 2, Joshua 24, and Ephesians 1 to explain how people really do believe in Christ, while God is the one who opens blind eyes, renews the will, and brings the dead to life.Scripture mentioned:John 6:44 (ESV) - No one comes to Christ unless the Father draws himhttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/jhn/6/44/s_1003044Ephesians 2:1-10 (ESV) - Dead in sin, saved by grace through faith, not our own doinghttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/eph/2/1-10/s_1099001Joshua 24:15 (ESV) - Joshua calls the people to choose whom they will servehttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/jos/24/15/s_211015Ephesians 1:5 (ESV) - God predestines his peoplehttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/eph/1/5/s_1098005Ephesians 1:13 (ESV) - Hearing the gospel and believing in Christhttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/eph/1/13/s_1098013Luke 17:10 (ESV) - Unworthy servants doing what they were commandedhttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/luk/17/10/s_990010Philippians 1:6 (ESV) - God will complete the good work he beganhttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/phl/1/6/s_1104006Other sources:Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 9: Of Free Willhttps://thewestminsterstandard.org/the-westminster-confession/#Chapter%20IXWestminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 10: Of Effectual Callinghttps://thewestminsterstandard.org/the-westminster-confession/#Chapter%20XCalvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, “the human mind is... a perpetual forge of idols”https://ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes.iii.xii.html#:~:text=Hence%20we%20may%20infer%2C%20that%20the%20human%20mind%20is%2C%20so%20to%20speak%2C%20a%20perpetual%20forge%20of%20idols.Augustine, Confessions, Book 2, pear thefthttps://ccel.org/ccel/augustine/confess.iii.iv.htmlWestminster Shorter Catechism, Question 31: What is effectual calling?https://thewestminsterstandard.org/westminster-shorter-catechism/#Q31:~:text=Q.%2031.%20What%20is%20effectual%20calling%3F%0AA.%20Effectual%20calling%20is%20the%20work%20of%20God%E2%80%99s%20Spirit%2C%20whereby%20convincing%20us%20of%20our%20sin%20and%20misery%2C%20enlightening%20our%20minds%20in%20the%20knowledge%20of%20Christ%2C%20and%20renewing%20our%20wills%2C%20he%20doth%20persuade%20and%20enable%20us%20to%20embrace%20Jesus%20Christ%2C%20freely%20offered%20to%20us%20in%20the%20gospel.Links:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OnTheLanePodcast?sub_confirmation=1Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7820594Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7GbmsVVjTryD5F0pAaNaKcApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-lane/id1805279371Carriage Lane Presbyterian Church: https://www.carriagelanepres.com/Sermon Livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/@CLPCWorship/streams