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To: Right-wing Librarian
7:50 "... a reformer concept called "Common Grace." Common Grace is when God's hand is on unsaved people to instill the values of heaven into them and through them to administrate the Kingdom..."

Louis Berkhof: “[Common grace] curbs the destructive power of sin, maintains in a measure the moral order of the universe, thus making an orderly life possible, distributes in varying degrees gifts and talents among men, promotes the development of science and art, and showers untold blessings upon the children of men...

I think Dr. Wallnau is well off course in his understanding of "Common Grace". Common Grace is what keeps us all from torturing each other to death right now as if we were all already in hell.

God withdrew just a little of His "common grace" at Antietam/Sharpsburg.

Matthew 5
43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

The fact that God works all things to the good is no reason to support any specific candidate. God used Herod to fulfill His Messianic prophesy about the sons of Bethlehem:

Matthew 2:18
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

It's a reason to tremble at God's sovereignty not to vote for self-justifying tyrants. I believe that God will also use Trump (and Clinton for that matter) for good but I hope it's the kind that brings us all, including Trump, Clinton, Sander et al., to rapid repentance not crushing judgement. A tiny remnant of Israel was blessed by Cyrus but Cyrus, according to Herodotus, plagued by perpetual war, came to a brutal end himself.

I'll watch more tomorrow. Thanks and God Bless!

30 posted on 05/25/2016 10:42:48 PM PDT by Theophilus (Always vote. Always vote your conscience. God wins every election.)
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To: Theophilus

“I think Dr. Wallnau is well off course in his understanding of “Common Grace”. Common Grace is what keeps us all from torturing each other to death right now as if we were all already in hell.”
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https://carm.org/dictionary-common-grace


42 posted on 05/25/2016 11:51:26 PM PDT by b4me
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Hi Theophilus,

Thank you for listening to the man’s thoughts, and thank you for responding with yours.

I agree with some of your positions. I do not agree with your judgement of Mr. Trump and his family. We are but men; only God knows their hearts, and I leave it to God to judge them.

Thanks,
RWL


57 posted on 05/26/2016 7:40:17 AM PDT by Right-wing Librarian
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