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To: Dr. Eckleburg
Who goes to heaven except God's elect?

The poor in spirit
Those who mourn
The meek
Those who hunger and thrist for righteousness
The mericiful
The pure in heart
The peacemakers
Those persecuted because of righteousness
The children
Those who do not return evil for evil
Those who love and pray for their enemies
The baptized who believe
The repentant
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1,585 posted on 01/15/2006 3:12:04 PM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50
All those whom you've mentioned who are among the elect will see heaven.

There exists in life the elect and the reprobate. That's just how God ordered His creation, Kosta. We have no certainty which is which, but we have a pretty good idea because people are known by their fruits. Men are either healthy branches that bring forth good fruit, or men are dead branches that bring forth bad fruit. And we know what happens to each of those branches.

The wheat and the tares can look alike -- until the harvest.

So stop banging your head against Scripture and recognize the Good News that's contained therein.

All those who possess Trinitarian faith in Jesus Christ are saved.

"For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth" -- Romans 9:11

1,592 posted on 01/15/2006 3:56:02 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg (an ambassador in bonds)
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