Reponse to 'pro-creation'

My apologies to the user 'Pro-creation.' I didnt see your comment on the article I posted in February until now.

you said:
I agree with you about our inability to choose. However, I would go further to say that once the Holy Spirit empowers us to choose, we must choose Christ. This is because it is His purpose to convict us of sin (John 16:7-11). This conviction leads us to repentance and subsequent faith. Even that faith is the gift of God (Eph.2:8-9)....

I agree that we must choose Christ in that we as humans are created to make such a choice, and when given the freedom to, by the giving of the Holy Spirit, we are driven to choose Him. Therefore, making salvation dependent on His choice not ours.

John 16:7-11

7"But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.
8"And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;
9concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me;
10and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me;
11and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

Conviction is the realization that there is a standard of good(not only established, but also defined by God) and that one has gone against that standard. A man cannot come to this realization without the Holy Spirit (Ergo, Christ stating above the advantage of the coming of the Helper). Having the Holy Spirit, and being therefore convicted, a man is then able to repent. Although, I do not think that faith is result of repentance but that repentance a result of faith.