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To: xJones
No, it must be read with all of Scripture and taken as a whole. We are not free to lift only verses that appeal to us and ignore those that do not. Eze. 33:11 is as much a part of God's holy Word as is Jer. 17:9, Eph. 1:4, John 6:44, and Gen. 1:1. The turning itself is something the regenerated child of God wants to do - by man's reckoning, it is an act of free will (free agency, really). He wants to do it, because he has been regenerated to newness of life (Rom. 8:28ff). Remember however, that man looketh on the outward appearance, God looketh on the heart (1 Sam 16:7).
41 posted on 08/21/2008 5:25:37 PM PDT by Lexinom
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To: Lexinom
No, it must be read with all of Scripture and taken as a whole. We are not free to lift only verses that appeal to us and ignore those that do not. Eze. 33:11 is as much a part of God's holy Word as is Jer. 17:9, Eph. 1:4, John 6:44, and Gen.

Well, you since ignore your own advice, I feel free to lift some single verses to support my side of the debate.

"And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world" (1 John 2:2).

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life" (John 3:16).

"For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth" (1 Timothy 2:4).

"Who (speaking of Christ) gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time" (1 Timothy 2:6).

"For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead" (2 Corinthians 5:14).

"And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15).

"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9).

"And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent" (Acts 17:30).

"Therefore as by the offense of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life (Romans 5:18).

"But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man" (Hebrews 2:9).

44 posted on 08/21/2008 5:57:58 PM PDT by xJones
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