To: Colin MacTavish; Dr. Eckleburg; Alex Murphy; Gamecock; Frumanchu; OrthodoxPresbyterian
Ping to a few friends on both sides of the fence.
In the service of the Lord,
Christian.
2 posted on
04/16/2005 8:26:13 AM PDT by
thePilgrim
(We are vnto God the sweete sauour of Christ, in them that are saued, and in them which perish.)
To: thePilgrim
Generally, I'm in complete agreement with the author.
But I've always found puzzling those portions of the Gospel where Jesus praises people for their virtue, i.e. the widow with the mite, the centurion with faith, etc.
It seems that some pre-regeneration action can elicit the praise of God. That seems to be somewhat at odds with the harsher statements of total-depravity that I've heard or even verses like "all our righteousness is as filthy rags" etc.
Thoughts?
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