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To: zadok
"Salvation is a choice made by God, not man."

Ahhh...the refreshing cerebral approach.

The choice is Man's...

The Word says: Matthew 18:13-15 In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.

God is no tyrant...His word was written to all mankind...and it says Deuteronomy 30:18-20 This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.

The fact of the matter is no Man knows who is or isnt destined for Salvation or how God has laid out his plan for salvation...so to expound upon it is foolishness.

All mankind is allowed access if they choose to believe and walk in obedience then they will be accepted.

Genesis 4:7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.

814 posted on 01/23/2002 8:46:05 PM PST by VaBthang4
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To: VaBthang4
All mankind is allowed access if they choose to believe and walk in obedience then they will be accepted.

But how can a fallen man, spiritually dead in his sins, choose to believe and walk in obedience?

Romans 3

10: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

11: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

12: They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

817 posted on 01/23/2002 8:49:36 PM PST by zadok
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To: VaBthang4
Read the words of Scripture:
"According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved." --Ephesians 1:4-6

What part of that don't you understand? How clear does it have to be?

960 posted on 01/24/2002 9:54:17 AM PST by A.J.Armitage
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