Is It Every Person's Nature To Hate Jesus Christ?

[underhiswings1]

The following paragraph is from a blog article called 10 Things You Should Know About Total Depravity by prominent Calvinist Christian and pastor, Sam Storms.

“Whoever comes to me,” declares Jesus, “I will never cast out” (John 6:37b). The problem, however, as Jesus goes on to say, is that “no one can come to me, unless the Father who sent me draws

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[faithfulpilgrim]

Given that people who hear the gospel are able to respond positively by trusting in Christ or not, are believers free to fall away from Christ and cease believing? Just asking.

[underhiswings1]

I would think that certainly, Christians are free to "cease believing," and I know of some who have... or at least have said that they have.

The question I do not know the answer to is whether or not they "fall away" from Christ. Christ words in the gospels have given me reason to think that those who embraced Him would never be cast out of the family. Yet other passages, such as His parable of the soils) indicate that one can indeed fall away.

In a way, I'm glad that I don't know for sure.