To: NYer
Mary could have said "Sorry, I am not interested... With that kind of illogic, you could just as easily say "Mary could have flown around Bethlehem in a Subaru , and just because she didn't doesn't mean she couldn't have."
he showed great respect for Mary by leaving the decision up to her."
It was not Mary's decision; it was God's decision. Just as it wasn't Paul's decision to obey God; it was God's decision.
100 posted on
09/07/2008 2:01:54 PM PDT by
Dr. Eckleburg
("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
To: Dr. Eckleburg
With that kind of illogic, you could just as easily say "Mary could have flown around Bethlehem in a Subaru , and just because she didn't doesn't mean she couldn't have."
Declining to enter into a deeper more profound relationship with God is not comparable to piloting a SUV airborne around ancient Palestine. People do it all the time.
It was not Mary's decision; it was God's decision. Just as it wasn't Paul's decision to obey God; it was God's decision.
God always gives us the grace to obey. We have free will; we can ignore or refuse His grace. People do this all the time.
To: Dr. Eckleburg
With that kind of illogic, you could just as easily say "Mary could have flown around Bethlehem in a Subaru , and just because she didn't doesn't mean she couldn't have." Illogic? To suggest this is to deny that God gave man free will.
110 posted on
09/07/2008 2:35:31 PM PDT by
NYer
("Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ." - St. Jerome)
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