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To: Gamecock
So I am a winner because I chose Him first?

That's not how synergism works. God makes the first move, always. We either let Him in or we shut the door.

9 posted on 01/16/2006 6:10:07 AM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50; Gamecock
Author-"So I am a winner because I chose Him first?"

kosta-"God makes the first move...We either let Him in or we shut the door."

If God chooses everyone or give everyone the same and equal chance simply because God wants all men to be saved, then doesn't it amount to us making some better decision than someone else? Wouldn't that classify us as a "winner" as the author points out? The only difference the author should have stated was:

Author-"So I am a winner because I chose Him first?"

13 posted on 01/16/2006 6:53:04 AM PST by HarleyD (Joh 6:44 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on)
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To: kosta50

But, it is God who works in you, who began a good work and will complete it....NOT YOU.

Yes, we MUST work our salvation with fear and trembling.

But, we must always remember that any of our efforts are by God's grace and Spirit.


49 posted on 01/16/2006 11:07:14 AM PST by rwfromkansas (http://www.xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
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