Sola Scriptura –His Written Word is Holy having the very authority of God Himself above all Leaders and Traditions to teach and command us in what we think, believe and in how we live.

Personal Repentance – Something no one else can do for us, not even God. Who may grant repentance, even so convict by the Holy Spirit that you know you’ll perish in hell if you don’t. We must turn from our sinful self-centered living to the obedience of faith in Christ. Far more than attending church or getting religious.

Grace Alone – Being in hopeless guilt before Him, your repentance doesn’t save you from your sins. God Himself must do this – forgiving, cleansing you of sins, giving you new birth in the Holy Spirit, making you His beloved child forever. Things impossible for anyone else in heaven or on earth to do for you

Faith Alone – The only way we may receive the gift of God eternal life. God must provide and give it and He is quite faithful to give it to those who believe.

Then apparently in His perfect foreknowledge and predestinated will if I am even close on quoting you alls doctrine He must have providentially wanted to you to see this humble post of mine.

Have you even look close at what it says and thought why would anyone write such things???

Could it have anything to do with you alls theologcial system whereby you get to call us non-Calvinist "Arminian" heretics and act like God loves you because you are supposedly the elect and supposedly we are inferior?

If I haven't shared with you already here's what the 5 Pointer have taught me.

Total Depravity – We will have the Civil Authorities burn you at the stake for heresy if you dare to question our teachings

Unconditional Election – Under no conditions will we willingly admit Yamil is right on John 3:16

Limited Atonement – Heaven is only for Elect Calvinists not “Arminians” (non-Calvinists)

Irresistible Grace – We so believe God’s grace so is irresistible that we will use force to make you believe our way or we’ll use our total depravity on you

Perseverance of the Saints – We will continue to refuse to believe God so loved the world and refuse to admit Yamil is right on John 3:16

By the way please keep it up with this "Arminian Thing"

all you who have called me that I'm sorry please call me "Arminian"

Election is sure a matter of PRIDE with our 5 Point 'Friends' thinking God loves them so much better than others.

In fact according to some of them He even saved them (regenerated them, caused them to be born again - according to them that is) before they had faith. Imagine that.

But theirs is supposedly the true reformed fatih because John Calvin, and the counsels at Dordt and Westminister told them so. And they think they don't believe in infallible popes.

Wade Guisbert made a comment,
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The chasm that is between me and God is as functionally broad as Mr. Dahmer's. That God would extend his grace to me through his Son's redemptive work on the cross is as amazing as God extending grace to a canabalizing, homosexual, serial killer. For which God should be honored, praised, and glorified.
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Whoa! Do we really look at God's grace to us as that amazing? God help us to.

And more than that when we see those we would think of as the vilest offenders do we see them as people that Jesus Christ can save and so change their life and existence would be to the very glory of God, despite what they were? God help us.

Somehow I hope you and the Lord get things straightened out between the two of you in this.
No animosity here.

Yet, What you are telling me is your version of 5 Point Calvinism.

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Previous to this [the mighty acts of God the jailer witnessed] he was dead in trespasses and sins and he was not seeking God nor would he, until the Holy Spirit regenerated him.
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regeneration = salvation
regeneration = being born again of the Holy Spirit

But you're teaching this occuring before the jailer was saved.

Also as to who was seeking whom I believe it is quite safe to say God was seeking the jailer before he was regenerated and therefore before he was regenerated the jailer had the ability - because God gave it to him through quite dramatic circumstances including hearing Paul and Silas praying and singing praise to God after being beaten - that he was able to ask what must I do to be saved (even though I doubt he began to comprehend that he would receive regeneration (the new birth in the Holy Ghost) when he was essentially asking what he needed to do to be saved from his guilt and his sin.

Joe, this is for you our 'friend'.
you wrote
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Let us examine the sequence of events:

1. A great earthquake.
2. foundation of the prison shaken and bands loosed.
3. jailer would have killed himself
4. Paul intervenes
5. Nobody escapes but remains (That is also a miracle).
6. Then a little later in verse 30 the jailor asked the question? "what must I do to be saved?"
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So what would be next?
The jailer testifying I believed on the Lord Jesus Christ and He saved me, and I was born again

or

I believed on the Lord Jesus Christ and I discoverd God had already saved me and that I was already born again I just needed to have faith?

Hmmmm?

...Thats why regeneration precedes faith."
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It that why you are hesitant to share your story? Because it would sound quite different from one of....how God brought you to godly sorrow and repentance and faith in Christ to save you from your sins and the change He made in your life when you cried out to Him to save you?

literally quite different than one of godly sorrow, repentance and faith before conversion, the new birth in the Holy Ghost that seriously changes a person into a new creation?

And deep down inside you either know despite all your theological knowledge you really don't have this kind of change

or

"For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope."

If that doesn't fit your definition of "drawing" it certainly does mine own and Yes! If my life had been cut short before hearing the Word of Christ, and repentance and faith in Him to save me I would have died guilty deserving nothing but hell.

Now I believe that it is quite safe to say that before a person has faith in Christ to save them from their sins the Holy Spirit can work in their life to soften their heart such that they will listen to the Word of God (and Yes! that can be concurrent with hearing the Gospel) and grant them godly sorrow over their sin and give them a desire to be right with God
BUT as Good as all that IS, IT ISN'T SALVATION!

"Ye must be born again!"

And excuse me for not being a theological expert here but that happens when an individual receives Jesus Christ.

By the way, thanks for mentioning CONTEXT!