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To: Hemorrhage
Christ is the only way — but I am not prepared to contend that mine is the only way to Christ.

That is good, because any way that is "our way" will not lead to Christ. The only way to Christ is through the regenerative work of the Holy Spirit, which occurs BEFORE conversion. That is the ONLY way to Christ, and Christ is the only way to the Father. It is God's way, any way that we call "our way" just drives us further from God, because we in essence try to impose our will on Him, to gain acceptance us on our terms.

85 posted on 06/24/2008 5:39:14 AM PDT by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: P8riot
to gain acceptance us based on our terms.
86 posted on 06/24/2008 5:40:44 AM PDT by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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>> That is good, because any way that is “our way” will not lead to Christ.

Understood and noted.

I used the term “my way” as a shorthand for the way I believe God has presented to me. It was shorthand for the the Baptist Church — not a way I invented wholesale. Perhaps it was sloppy shorthand ... but it was certainly not intended as a declaration that I determined my own way to God.

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96 posted on 06/24/2008 7:33:25 AM PDT by SnakeDoctor
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