To: kosta50; Cronos; Kolokotronis; annalex; Forest Keeper; Gamecock
They will simply say that it is so because God wants us to be that way and because he preordained that we shall be that way and they will do nothing because that would "thwart" God's omnipotence. Christians can be obedient like Esther and live a good life or they can be like Jonah and be miserable. Either way the lot is cast in our lap but EVERY decision is of the Lord. (Prov 16:33)
2,391 posted on
02/08/2006 4:04:10 PM PST by
HarleyD
("Man's steps are ordained by the LORD, How then can man understand his way?" Prov 20:24)
To: HarleyD; Cronos; Kolokotronis; annalex; Forest Keeper; Gamecock
Christians can be obedient like Esther and live a good life or they can be like Jonah and be miserable They can?. I am sure they are capable of it, but is it their will or not? Dogs can be bred to be tame or viscious. In either case it is none of their doing or fault. The way they are is not subject to judgment; they can be neither condemned nor praised.
2,403 posted on
02/08/2006 5:08:53 PM PST by
kosta50
(Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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