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To: fortheDeclaration
I see in Acts 10-11 an unsaved man seeking God...

"...No one seeks for God." [Romans 3:11]

449 posted on 04/28/2003 4:18:38 PM PDT by Law ("So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God..." [Romans 9:16])
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To: Law
Welcome, Law. Your tagline is most righteous.
453 posted on 04/28/2003 5:13:40 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg (There are very few shades of gray.)
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To: Law
Interesting translation in your tagline.

The Arminians love to look at the physical represenations of the Spirit working inside people and say "ah ha, Scripture proves we can seek after God and choose Him," all the while ignoring the big picture for why they chose....God made them. We see this big picture explained in the vision of the dry bones in Ezekiel, where God says he will put his spirit within them and cause them to walk in his statutes, as well as other verses.

Arminians are the narrow picture people, while the Reformed see the big picture.
454 posted on 04/28/2003 5:17:42 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (God Reigns!)
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To: Law; Corin Stormhands
I see in Acts 10-11 an unsaved man seeking God... "...No one seeks for God." [Romans 3:11]

Cornilus did in Acts.10!

Maybe Romans 3:11 is hybolic to make a point that both Jews and Gentiles are both equally in sin.

After all, not all men are as wicked as the description of those who follow in vs 13-18.

I know that verse is one of the Calvinist key proof texts, but the fact is men do seek God even if blindly, needing God's light (Acts.17:27,30)

That was the point Paul was making to the Greeks with their worship of idols, that they were seeking but needed the truth.

The Jews likewise were seeking,but had 'zeal without knowledge' seeking to work their way to God and rejecting faith as a means of salvation.

568 posted on 04/28/2003 11:01:29 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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