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To: xzins
For some reason you keep putting the responsibility on God as if, "It's God responsibility to love the world." Well, yes, God loves the world. God loves mankind. God loves His creation.

Now that we have that out of the way let's look at the other side of the coin, man doesn't love God. God told Jonah to head to Niveveh to preach the gospel. Both Jonah and God knew what the outcome would be and Jonah didn't want to do it. Why? Because he knew that Nineveh would repent and God would stay His hand. It isn't that there was a massive revival in Nineveh. They didn't all become Hebrews. It's that they stopped their sinning at least for a little while. And God, in His loving and merciful way stayed His hands of judgment. And, poor Jonah, threw up his hands and said, "Oh brother, as if I didn't see that coming. I hope there was some purpose for me being in that fish for three days."

You want to put all the responsibility on God. God is love and long suffereing. But sorry-it's not a "God issue". You better look at the other side of the coin.

915 posted on 06/06/2015 12:13:01 PM PDT by HarleyD ("... letters are weighty, but his .. presence is weak, and his speech of no account.")
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To: HarleyD

God’s concern for them had nothing to do with their response to Him.


916 posted on 06/06/2015 12:14:57 PM PDT by xzins (Donate to the Freep-a-Thon or lose your ONLY voice. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: HarleyD

Why does Jesus stand at the door and knock?


917 posted on 06/06/2015 1:43:01 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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