If someone wanted to believe in Christ... can they decide to become born

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again on their own? Are they able to remove the bandages by sheer will power... a decision to start believing?
 
John 6:44

“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day."
 
No. We are born with a sin nature and are unable to believe the gospel unless we receive a spiritual birth (born again). Ephesians 2:1-10
God caused us to be born again (1 Peter 1:3)
 
Absolutely! Often we start the process on our own, and then get help from others to help us on our way...or stay "on our way."
 
they have to do a good job at deluding themselves, attributing Causes(whom they already understand the reasoning behind) to jesus, ignoring new incoming evidence to the contrary of their belief and believe in what parts of the bible they pick and choose.
 
Yes as long as they have the new testament they can start just as the first century Christians did with the word of God only. Same as us today, lets go back to the word of God and start there. New Testament Christianity from the first century in the 21st century. Nothing added and nothing taken away. Make sure the bible is a good translation. The words that were given in the beginning have the same meaning as they did then, now. False teachers must change the meanings of the words to teach damnable doctrines. We have all the meanings of the words from the bible in writings from that period in museums and higher places of learning.

1Co 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
1Co 1:11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
1Co 1:12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
1Co 1:13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

1Jn 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Eph 4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
Eph 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
Eph 4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

One church, one body and one head.
Mat 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Eph 1:22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
Eph 1:23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

Salvation is in the church and only one way to get in.
Gal 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Gal 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Gal 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
 
Absolutely. You make a decision to turn your life over to Christ when you realize man does not have all of the answers nor is he meant to. Hebrews 11: Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. We are meant to know some things, not everything.
 
The Holy Spirit must do the work in their heart and speak to them. It is never our own will, we cannot save ourselves.
 
Don't become born again! At this stage it would be way too painful for your mom.
 
No.

John 1:13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
 
Of course. We all have the gift of "choice" that God gave us all. We have the ability to choose right or wrong.

Thanks.
 
It is impossible to be born again in a scriptural sense without Christ. We must believe of course, but he does the actual changinng via the Holy Spirit of God.
 
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