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I repeat: Please provide the chapter and verse where it describes someone who is called but does not believe as someone who has been made alive. Because I can provide PLENTY of verses that say the exact opposite, where God calls people and yet they continue in their deadness.

Reposting what you said doesn't magically make our rebuttals go away.

In addition: faith is not meritorious. Having faith does not merit one's salvation.

AMEN!!!

A poor assumption to make, considering that there is no way to verify it.

Yes. Because Christ's death is not automatically applied to all men. It is only applied to those who believe. Again, His death is only applied to those who believe. If they believe, they are no longer committing the sin of unbelief. And he does, if they believe. If they do not believe...

Saying it doesn't make it so. Yes, I'm aware. And yet, one cannot believe unto righteousness or confess unto salvation if God has not called him. And yet, God still loves the unsaved person who is dead to Him, and wants to bring him back to life. You said: You, not me, think that "the...

Again: That's before God calls them. How about AFTER He calls them: Can a man, of his own free will, decide to accept or reject God AFTER He calls him?

If it's so simple, then it must be easy to explain. So explain.

Please provide the chapter and verse where it describes someone who is called but does not believe as someone who has been made alive. Because I can provide PLENTY of verses that say the exact opposite, where God calls people and yet they continue in their deadness.

You explained nothing, merely stated your belief. It does, by contrasting faith with works. You can't contrast two things if they're the same.

No, it doesn't. The verse doesn't say anything about being saved PRIOR to believing the things of God.

Saying it doesn't make it so. No, it would not. Except that belief isn't a work. It's simply an acknowledgment that one cannot work their way into heaven, and as a result, one puts their faith in the one who COMPLETED His work on the cross. If belief were a work, you'd be right. The...

It's WHAT I'm disagreeing with that makes a difference. That's before God calls them. How about AFTER He calls them, can they, of their own free will, decide to accept or reject Him AFTER He calls them? Try addressing the point of contention, and maybe you'll see WHY I'm using those other...

Not my fault. Try harder to understand. Thank you for answering my question. So, in other words, it refers to both Christians AND non-Christians (who are actually just Christians who don't realize it yet)? "One day"? Didn't God predestine them from before the foundation of the earth to be...

That's because you're stuck in your little box and not even trying to see out of it. And my point is that man CAN seek after God after He calls them, John 6:44. If you disagree, answer my question: If God calls, can a man respond?

In other words: GRACE IS NOT IRRESISTIBLE

There you go putting blinders on yourself again. Laser focused on a single verse despite being given verses that go beyond (not contradict) it. I am in agreement with Romans 8:30. I disagree with your a-priori beliefs regarding it.

I didn't ask if sheep were believers. I asked if sheep were Christians. Please answer the question: Does the term "sheep" refer to Christians?