Alana L.: 1a (inability), 1b (belief is a work)
This series is based on this 14-minute video from Alana L.: 5 Signs Your Loved One is Becoming a Calvinist Point #1: A. Alana pointed out how Calvinists say "I could never choose God. I would never choose God. I can't even want God or seek God, so He had to choose me." When Calvinists say this, there are (at least) two possible things going on: 1. They're repeating what Calvinists have taught them to say and believe, convinced that it's what "humble, God-honoring" Christians believe and what the Bible really teaches. It's part of their doctrine of "total depravity," that humans are so terrible - so "spiritually dead" inside - that they can't do anything on their own, not even think about God, want God, seek God, or believe in God - not unless and until God regenerates them by giving them the Holy Spirit who makes them born-again and injects saving faith into them, causing them to want God, seek God,...