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To: Jerry_M
Your use of Joseph Stalin made we think of this: If an Arminian preached to Stalin (for which he would have probably been shot), and said "Comrade Stalin, Jesus died for your sins", and a Calvinist preached to Stalin (for which he too would have probably been shot) and said "Comrade Stalin, Jesus died for sinners", which one would have told the truth, in the end analysis?

The Arminian. The bible says, "not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world."

AND, the great conundrum is that no one knows what Stalin thought or did in those last moments of life on earth.

Jerry, if Stalin had in the last 2 minutes of his life turned to Jesus and said to him, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom," would we find Stalin in heaven?

231 posted on 02/27/2002 11:15:30 AM PST by xzins
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To: xzins; OrthodoxPresbyterian
"Jerry, if Stalin had in the last 2 minutes of his life turned to Jesus and said to him, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom," would we find Stalin in heaven?"

Do you really think that Stalin did this? Or, is this your way of saying, "I really want to be a universalist, and sure hope that God speaks to everyman just before he expires"?

Joseph Stalin would have only said "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom" if the Holy Spirit had regenerated him and given him a heart of flesh.

If you don't like Joseph Stalin, then how about this:

If an Arminian preached to a 9-11 hijacker just prior to hitting the WTC (for which he would have probably been slashed with a boxcutter), and said "Hijacker, Jesus died for your sins", and a Calvinist preached to that same hijacker (for which he too would have probably been slashed) and said "Hijacker, Jesus died for sinners", which one would have told the truth, in the end analysis? (I would assume that chanting "Allahu Ackbar" at the time of the collision would preclude his saying "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom".

241 posted on 02/27/2002 11:27:25 AM PST by Jerry_M
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