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John 5:40
40yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
40yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
Read the entire chapter-- Jesus is speaking to the religious leaders (the Jews), the Scribes and Pharisees, who had heard and rejected His message and were responsible for His trial and crucifixion.
This passage is not an illustration of total depravity, but of one's freedom to hear the Gospel and believe or disbelieve as a result.
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Romans 3:10-18
10As it is written:“There is no one righteous, not even one;
10As it is written:“There is no one righteous, not even one;
This is not a picture of total depravity, but a vivid picture of lost sinners in need of a Saviour.
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1 Corinthians 2:14
14The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
14The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
The Greek word translated "not" is a strong negative and the phrase means "does NOT receive..." This passage can rightly be rendered, "The natural man rejects as foolishness the things of God..." and therefore has nothing to do with his depraved condition or alleged inability to grasp the things of God, but his willful rejection of the things of God.
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