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To: MarkBsnr
God does predestine some to heaven; he predestines none to hell. There is no Scripture that supports that contention.

Not according to Augustine.

Please note this VERY IMPORTANT POINT of Augustine; we are not elected BECAUSE we believe, we are elected so that WE MAY believe. We are God's workmanship and every Christian that God creates bears testimony to His truth. God substains our belief in Him. Those who He foreknew, He predestined, and those who He predestined He justified, and those who He justified...
833 posted on 01/31/2008 5:53:09 PM PST by HarleyD
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To: HarleyD
Please note this VERY IMPORTANT POINT of Augustine; we are not elected BECAUSE we believe, we are elected so that WE MAY believe. We are God's workmanship and every Christian that God creates bears testimony to His truth. God substains our belief in Him.

AMEN!

839 posted on 01/31/2008 6:04:24 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: HarleyD

Show me where Augustine claims that the many are predestined to hell.


851 posted on 01/31/2008 6:36:31 PM PST by MarkBsnr (I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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