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To: HarleyD; Kolokotronis; jo kus; Dr. Eckleburg

The trouble with all of this is it places salvation squarely upon man's shoulders

In cooperation with God's grace.

God knows what choices you and I will make, but He doesn't necessarily make them for us. Hence, His foreknowledge is not the same as predestination.

2,771 posted on 02/17/2006 5:35:49 PM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)

To: kosta50; Kolokotronis; jo kus; Dr. Eckleburg; Forest Keeper

In cooperation with God's grace.

Joh 6:44 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.

1) Can a person come to the Father unless God the Father draws that person?

2) If a person is draw by the Father will Christ raise him up?

God knows what choices you and I will make, but He doesn't necessarily make them for us.

2,780 posted on 02/18/2006 2:50:07 AM PST by HarleyD ("Man's steps are ordained by the Lord, How then can man understand his way?" Prov 20:24)

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