Nobody can be pursuaded to believe in Jesus Christ. Nobody pursues God at all. Not one.
Those in Christ were given to Him by God the Father, who literally grants His predestined people a new nature t...
H/T #grok for pulling relevant Scripture:
**Romans 3:10-12 (LSB)**: "as it is written: 'There is none righteous, not even one; there is none who understands, there is none who seeks for God; all have turned aside, together they have become useless; there is none who does good, there is not even one.'"
**John 6:37, 44, 65 (LSB)**: "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me... No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him... no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father."
**Romans 8:29-30 (LSB)**: "...those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son..."
**Romans 6:16-18, 22 (LSB)**: "...you are slaves of the one whom you obey... you were slaves of sin... having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness... slaves to God." (Others: slaves to sin/devil, cf. John 8:34, Eph. 2:2.)
**Romans 3:10-12 (LSB)**: "as it is written: 'There is none righteous, not even one; there is none who understands, there is none who seeks for God; all have turned aside, together they have become useless; there is none who does good, there is not even one.'"
**John 6:37, 44, 65 (LSB)**: "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me... No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him... no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father."
**Romans 8:29-30 (LSB)**: "...those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son..."
**Romans 6:16-18, 22 (LSB)**: "...you are slaves of the one whom you obey... you were slaves of sin... having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness... slaves to God." (Others: slaves to sin/devil, cf. John 8:34, Eph. 2:2.)
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