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To: gcruse

I have to agree with that logic. If you look at God's position on sin, I.E. that there is no such thing as a "little sin", than how can it be that one human being's life is more important than anothers? Why does God allow some to die seemingly unjustly while allowing others to live? I can answer this in one way that makes any sense. God, if you believe in him, has given us all his Spirit. We are given the free will to use this spirit however we choose. Those who make "miraculous" recoveries or perform miracles are able to tap into that spirit while others have no idea why they have the spirit to begin with. Therefore, ad infinitum, God, through our ability to use the Spirit, has performed such miricles.


34 posted on 10/02/2006 7:19:50 PM PDT by phoenix0468 (http://www.mylocalforum.com -- Go Speak Your Mind.)
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To: phoenix0468

In the Lord's Prayer, the prayer that Jesus Himself teaches us in Matthew 6, there is the line:

"Thy will be done
On Earth, as it is in Heaven"

God's will on Earth isn't a lead-pipe cinch. We have free will, and Satan has a hand in what goes on down here on Earth as well.

We pray, specifically, that God's will be done, but that doesn't mean God's will ALWAYS gets done.

In Heaven it does, on Earth its not a given.

God gave His Son for us, and we either accept that gift, or we don't.

God wants us to love Him because we want to. You don't get love at the point of a gun.

Unless of course, you are a Fox News reporter taken hostage by Muslims, at which point your love of Allah can be had by making you choose between death and conversion.

As such, there's a difference.


72 posted on 10/03/2006 3:34:13 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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