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To: Just another Joe
What you ask is is only doable by one with a heart so inclined. Since the "heart is deceitful above all things, and desparately wicked" (Jer. 17:9), and "There is none righteous; no, not one." (Rom. 3:10;Ps. 14:1) no one has in himself the capacity to do this without God first changing His heart.

To say you are saved because you did anything is to rob God of His glory: "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags" (Is. 64:6). The Belgic Confession expresses this most eloquently:

"And verily, if we should appear before God relying on ourselves or on any other creature, though ever so little, we should, alas! be consumed" (Isa. 33:14; Deut. 27:26; James 2:10).

Trust in Christ alone. And render Him due praise for what you could never have done of yourself.

128 posted on 10/04/2003 5:53:58 PM PDT by Lexinom ("No society rises above its idea of God" (unknown))
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To: Lexinom
I agree that for G*d anything is possible.
However, what you are saying is that G*d did not give us freewill. If all is predestination then we don't have to worry about it, right?

It's my belief that G*d has given us freewill and we must make a conscious decision to accept Jesus into our heart.

129 posted on 10/04/2003 6:07:52 PM PDT by Just another Joe (FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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