The idea that the fallen creature has the ability to control God's free and sovereign work of salvation does not find its origin in the exegesis of inspired Scripture, but in the philosophies and traditions of man. This idea must be inserted into the text through the process of eisegesis. It will never be derived from the text through proper exegesis. It is, quite simply, a tradition of men (Matthew 15:1—6).
The Bible is plain: Fallen man is unable to come to Christ, unable to do what is good in God's sight, unable to free himself from the shackles of sin. God must move in grace, not simply to make all men able to come, but to actually draw a people unto Christ and save them.
- James White
Debating Calvinism
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