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To: Gamecock
Frankly, she has not arrived yet at being born-again:

II Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
10 posted on 09/29/2017 1:02:38 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: SoConPubbie

If you want to see something about a guy who did become born again, and whose life changed drastically as a result, try to check out the movie about Steve McQueen’s salvation. It showed last night in many theaters, and I think it’ll run again on October 10.

They play a tape of him a couple weeks before his death and he had a wonderful testimony.


14 posted on 09/29/2017 1:09:32 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("We should fear the tyranny of the easily offended." Stossel)
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To: SoConPubbie
Frankly, she has not arrived yet at being born-again:

Whoa! Salvation does not take away temptation, but does give us strength to overcome.
15 posted on 09/29/2017 1:11:46 PM PDT by RushingWater
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To: SoConPubbie; Gamecock
"Frankly, she has not arrived yet at being born-again..."

Why do you say this? She still experiences same-sex attraction but she says, feels and knows that "married" is her orientation. "Married" --- to her husband.

If you're saying that a married person who experiences extramarital attractions is "not born again," then buddy, the "born again" could have their world-wide conventions in a telephone booth. (Remember those?)

God's grace is not something that annihilates all your former twisty-turns and weaknesses. St. Paul (who wrote that blessed about being "a new creature") confessed to still having plenty of weaknesses.

Grace gives you the transformation needed to say "No" to sins' allurements, even if the temptations used to be serious and habitual, even if they are still pervasive, persistent, and potentially persuasive.

With Christ, you overcome them.

Thus, behold, all things are become new.

26 posted on 09/29/2017 1:42:41 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." - 1 Samuel 16:7)
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