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To: Dr. Eckleburg
Re: "The man, from his own free will determines the character and makeup of his spirit and thus the destiny of his soul.

"That is anti-Scriptural. ...For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. "

God's grace is the love He extended in all He did for us. The fundamental staement given by God regarding salvation is given in Matt 12:32, "Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come." This requires that individual decisions be made through an excercise of free will. It does not provide justificaiton to boast. In fact when one knows and understands the Holy Spirit and recognizes the extensions of love given, they would never boast. That would be contrary to the very spirit one judges as perfect.

Re: Man is in the image and likeness of God.

" Pre-Fall, that statement is correct.

There was no fall. Man is in the image and likeness of God and nothing has changed. God certainly never changed man and man is incapable of changing the nature of man. Man can only exercise free will and that is enough.

Re: " He (man) is also a trinity. The man is the right hand man of his soul."

That is heresy.

On what grounds?

" What faith do you follow?"

Christian.

2,485 posted on 12/20/2006 12:09:25 PM PST by spunkets
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To: spunkets
So, the trinity was not a trinity until it became a trinty in time and there was no fall or original sin...

Well, you certainly have points for originality

2,504 posted on 12/20/2006 2:23:17 PM PST by bornacatholic
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