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To: 1000 silverlings; suzyjaruki
It's truly and sadly amazing that articles like this one labor to put so much else between God and men when Christ Jesus is the only mediator God has given us; the only one we will ever need.
17 posted on 09/29/2007 6:05:32 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

What is truly and sadly amazing is how you spit upon God by rejecting the many gifts He has given to us to help us attain salvation.


18 posted on 09/29/2007 6:20:47 PM PDT by pipeorganman
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
It's truly and sadly amazing that articles like this one labor to put so much else between God and men when Christ Jesus is the only mediator God has given us; the only one we will ever need.

Clearly, your relationship with Jesus is so utterly and completely exclusive and perfect that there is no need or even room for saints, angels, patriarchs, prophets, other Christians, God the Father, or God the Holy Spirit.

Funny how Paul didn't seem to think he was above asking his readers to pray for him. Guess he didn't have that absolute, exclusive locked-gaze relationship with Jesus and Him alone that you have. In places he actually seems to think he was saved as part of a community that amounts to something bigger than just his own "personal relationship" with Jesus. Poor Paul!

19 posted on 09/29/2007 6:55:02 PM PDT by Campion
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
It's truly and sadly amazing that articles like this one labor to put so much else between God and men when Christ Jesus is the only mediator God has given us; the only one we will ever need.

Have you ever read the Gospel account of the Incarnation?

Probably, but you've obviously not appreciated it.

Was the angel Gabriel (that's right, they have names) an obstacle between man and God or an intermediary? How did the work of our salvation begin? Through the message of an angel, of course! If there were no other references to angels in all of Scripture, this event by itself should clue you in to their importance. It was an angelic messenger that announced God's favor to man in the form of his Incarnate Son.

This is what Calvinism does for you, friend. It's joyless misery paralyzes you and deprives you of the ability to embrace and appreciate God's messengers whom he sends to assist us in our need.

25 posted on 09/29/2007 7:40:42 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

When Lucifer and his followers were cast out of heaven, who do you think did that?

God, of course! He is the person in charge.


26 posted on 09/29/2007 7:54:26 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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