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To: CCWoody
Whosoever is thirsty will come

Woody, Woody, Woody.....WHOSOEVER (that means EVERYONE Eligible)

WILL (that means freely chooses...free will)

MAY (that means are allowed)

COME (that means get in line as part of the plan)

The Bible says that everyone is allowed to be part of the plan and that some will freely choose it and some won't.

What you just said was that the plans applies only to those who desire it, who are thirsty. Calvinism says that the plan applies only to those who were preselected. Calvinism is sort of like what you said, but I think you've backslid a bit.

501 posted on 02/21/2002 8:33:07 AM PST by xzins
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To: xzins; Jerry_M; the_doc
What you just said was that the plans applies only to those who desire it, who are thirsty.

You see, xzins really does believe in a kind of free will that even God does not have.

Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.
The River of God really is only for those who are thirsty, who desire to come. BTW, has the Bible Gateway been giving you fits?
504 posted on 02/21/2002 8:48:40 AM PST by CCWoody
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To: xzins; CCWoody
Anyone who does come, will receive salvation. The invitation is made to all.

However, if I walk over to a box of dead rats, and say "whosoever climbs up on my hand will receive this tasty cheese", none of them will come unless I have the power to give them life in order to respond.

We are all "dead in trespasses and sins", we need to be "born again", we need to be "made alive in Christ Jesus" before we will come.

509 posted on 02/21/2002 9:32:37 AM PST by Jerry_M
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To: xzins
So what? You are not even addressing our point.
513 posted on 02/21/2002 9:47:43 AM PST by the_doc
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