"When the gospel is preached, some believe, some believe not; they who believe at the voice of the preacher from without, hear of the Father from within, and learn; while they who do not believe, hear outwardly, but inwardly do not hear and learn. That is to say, to the former it is given to believe; to the latter it is not given. Because "no man," cometh to me, except the Father which sent me draw him."
How often have i read and heard the exergetical gymnastics of those whose tradition teaches mans free will to chose salvation and try to explain John 6 or even Romans 8 and 9. One thing that offended Augustine when he first read the bible was its simplicity. Offended? Yes Augustine was expecting something high brow and mystical yet was he discovered was something that even the ploughman could understand it (Tyndale)
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