You are soooooo right 
Posted on 09/03/2003 6:23:54 AM PDT by hiho hiho
LOL...tomorrow I have to go be a model for my daughter. She is a beautician, and works for Supercuts. They are going to start offering hair coloring and they all have to practice on someone. I get to be her guinea pig:) She just has to do highligts. I;m thinking of going red:) highlights. Something radical for a change. Becky
Are you trying to instigate something? Or are you possibly one of her seven children that just happens to live in McConnells? ;)
The primary doctrinal position is the total sovereignty of God. A belief that NOTHING happens that God has not ordained.
It teaches that it is God that acts in the salvation of man , God seeks the man, the man does not seek God. God chooses the man , the man does not choose God
I think your wife's testimony fits well with the doctrine of election. She was Gods all along, (as were you) He cause circumstances to occur that would bring you both to the gospel so that you would hear and respond. It was not an "accident " or a coincidence .God foreordained that moment before the foundation of the earth.
You have not chosen me ,I have chosen you
Follow the link
You are soooooo right
I was once a mild mannered Wesleyan/Arminian that battled for over a year against the Calvinists. I threw everything I had at them, after all it was sooo obvious they were WRONG
How could one believe that you needed to be regenerated BEFORE you got saved..when EVERYONE knows you have to be saved to be regenerated.
I did not consider that the dead do not grow or change or choose...Of course you can not see the Kingdom of God unless you are born again..
So a few months after the religious crusade was over and the Knights had all wandered back to their respective corners, one night I was reading the word and it jumped off the pages at me..They were correct ..I had been wrong
So BTL sometimes people's minds do get changed on FR
On the tract team:>)
Opps try again
On the track team:>)
That makes sense. He is the Alpha and the Omega and knows everything that ever was and all that is to be. I can see how you would call that as being ordained. I am with you so far.
It teaches that it is God that acts in the salvation of man, God seeks the man, the man does not seek God. God chooses the man, the man does not choose God.
Thats a sticky one there. Although it seems to go along with you first statement, I always believed that God gave us freewill and even the angles in heaven have freewill. I would have to think about that one.
I think your wife's testimony fits well with the doctrine of election. She was Gods all along, (as were you) He cause circumstances to occur that would bring you both to the gospel so that you would hear and respond. It was not an "accident " or a coincidence.
You will get no argument from me on this point. I have always felt God was walking with my wife and I, even when we were not walking with Him. You can choose to call it election or predestination if you wish, but I would prefer to call it by a less ambiguous term like love.
Thanks for the link. I promise I will read it tomorrow when I have more time.
Thanks for the info on Calvinism too. Very interesting.
RnMomof7, Thank you for sharing that with me.
To All: I find that I must offer a retraction and an appology for my statement, "you arn't goning to change anyone's mind around here" (meaning the Religion Forum). Fellow Freepers, I was wrong and I am sincerely sorry for what I said.
I said what I did before I learned of what happened with RnMomof7 and before I looked in my Freepmail box. When I looked in my email box, I was amazed to find overflowing messages. Some were from people who had posted to this thread, but more were from those who had not. They were all messages of encouragement, praise to God, blessings, inspiration, welcomes, and of God's love. Some were from people who have rethought, or who said they might have to rethink, their positions of dress in the church because of my wife's story. And a couple from people who are dealing with matters of dress in their own church and were encouraged.
I am deeply moved and I thank you all. Your kind words are a blessing. My wife is out of town now, but when she returns I will show her all of your wonderful posts and emails. I thank you on her behalf.
I never knew it could feel so good to be wrong.
To those who Freepmailed me: If I have not yet responded to your email be patient I will write you back. It is late now and I must get to bed.
Again, my appologies and thanks.
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