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To: HarleyD
the depravity of man and how rebellious we are

Which NO MAN could EVER fix. BUT GOD did in Christ through the cross. Grace, UNMERITED FAVOR, is ours because Jesus took the hit for ALL the sins of ALL the WORLD.

In the OT Elijah's sacrifice along with all the priests of Baal was consumed by God's judgment. But on the cross, the sacrifice of Christ consumed all of God's wrath, condemnation, and judgement. He declared, "IT IS FINISHED" and sealed the deal upon his resurrection.

Jesus said to the sexually promiscuous woman, "I do not condemn you"and "There is therefore NO CONDEMNATION to those in Christ" (Rom 8:1 - (the original does NOT contain the qualifications some translations have in the rest of that verse)).

Christ paid for everyone's sins forever. You commit double jeopardy by trying to condemn sodomites for whose sins Christ paid the full price. You think sodomites' sins are greater than yours? Not in God's eyes.

You need to study the books of Romans and Galatians which unfold the details of the gospel of the grace of Christ by which we are saved without works, and reread them several times.

50 posted on 04/18/2018 6:05:52 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: Jim 0216
What you are saying is absolutely correct. But you are missing the fact that man doesn't care. We willfully sin. We are sinful creatures by choice. If God tells us not to stick peas in our noses because it is harmful, guess what we'll do.

We are saved only by God's grace.

Unless God changes our hearts, unstop our ears and opens our eyes we cannot hear or see the glorious gospel of Christ. Those people who continously practice sin to fly in the face of God continues a downward spiral in which there is no hope. I'm not qualified to say when or if a person reaches that level and we are to pray for the lost. However, scripture is very clear that a person heart can be harden against God to such a point that there is no hope. It is God who brings us to repentance and God simply will not do so.

I would suggest a study in human depravity.
61 posted on 04/19/2018 1:28:01 PM PDT by HarleyD ("There are very few shades of grey."-Dr. Eckleburg)
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