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To: wmfights

Is grace irresistible? Not according to Acts 7:51. Stephen accused the Jews of resisting the Holy Spirit. So, people have resisted God’s grace and not been saved.

Really it is combination of the two, God’s grace and one’s believing that saves a person.


86 posted on 03/23/2009 6:32:21 PM PDT by Buddygirl
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To: Buddygirl
Is grace irresistible? Not according to Acts 7:51. Stephen accused the Jews of resisting the Holy Spirit.

If God wanted them to be His could they resist?

John 6:63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing...

Isn't it more likely God wanted them to be resistant so that salvation would come to all men and not just the Jews?

89 posted on 03/23/2009 6:55:46 PM PDT by wmfights (If you want change support SenateConservatives.com)
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To: Buddygirl; wmfights
Really it is combination of the two, God’s grace and one’s believing that saves a person.

Well, praise be to you!

96 posted on 03/23/2009 7:38:22 PM PDT by topcat54 ("Naysayers" laughing at a futurist is not scoffing at God.)
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To: Buddygirl
Stephen accused the Jews of resisting the Holy Spirit.

With all due respect, the third person of the Godhead and and God's grace aren't at all the same thing.

Even if they were... ever arm wrestled with a five year old? They can "resist" after a fashion, but the outcome is never in doubt, is it?

170 posted on 03/24/2009 12:55:35 PM PDT by Terabitten (To all RINOs: You're expendable. Sarah isn't.)
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