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To: Phillipian

“One point of the miracles is that faith doesn’t come from them. Saving faith is a gift of God.”

Agreed, but we have free will to reject or accept this gift. The miracles, and so much else in the Bible is an attempt to illustrate the meaning of faith. At least, in my humble opinion.


42 posted on 02/08/2009 4:38:33 PM PST by yazoo
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To: yazoo

The miracles show the character of God, the sovereignty of God, the kindness of God, the power of God, the mercy of God, etc.

Some will reject the gift, as you say, But our faith is in the substitutionary attonement. A perfect sacrafice for our sins, given by a holy transcendant God.

Free will in these matters is over-rated. The only freedom that matters is freedom from sin. Rejoice that you have it. But I don’t want to take this to a Calvinist / Arminian rant.


46 posted on 02/08/2009 5:03:31 PM PST by Phillipian
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