To: Cronos; annalex; kosta50; Forest Keeper
Protestantism does tend to have the fault of taking away the need for man to emulate God -- it's already decided, so sit back and do nothing. Ooooo...the old argument that Paul (and Augustine) got. Here's your answer:
Rom 6:1-2 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?
1,927 posted on
01/24/2006 5:27:06 AM PST by
HarleyD
("Man's steps are ordained by the Lord, How then can man understand his way?" Prov 20:24)
To: HarleyD
Protestantism does tend to have the fault of taking away the need for man to emulate God -- it's already decided, so sit back and do nothing. Ooooo...the old argument that Paul (and Augustine) got. Here's your answer:
Rom 6:1-2 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?
Thanks for that --> I'm glad to hear that you don't believe in the idea of sinning so that grace may increase. However, the pre-destination dogma does lead to this.
1,938 posted on
01/24/2006 6:22:56 AM PST by
Cronos
(Never forget 9/11. Restore Hagia Sophia!)
To: HarleyD; annalex; jo kus; Forest Keeper; Cronos
Ooooo...the old argument that Paul (and Augustine) got. Here's your answer: Rom 6:1-2 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it I don't know. Why don't you ask Luther? He seems to have "figured" it out: remember: "sin boldly ..." and believe?
1,955 posted on
01/24/2006 2:59:17 PM PST by
kosta50
(Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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