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To: Dr. Eckleburg; Gamecock

That’s a stupid question. The answer is because I made the decision.


90 posted on 08/22/2008 2:55:32 PM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce; Dr. Eckleburg

**The answer is because I made the decision.**

Why?

Or do you often make descisions without thinking them through?

ie: “I bought a house because I made the decision to”


93 posted on 08/22/2008 10:39:05 PM PDT by Gamecock (The truth of Christianity does not hinge on my personal experience.)
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To: ShadowAce

So you were smarter than the unbeliever who didn’t make the decision? Or was it just dumb luck?


94 posted on 08/22/2008 11:31:33 PM PDT by streetpreacher (Arminian by birth, Calvinist by the grace of God)
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To: ShadowAce
That’s a stupid question. The answer is because I made the decision.

Actually it's a very relevant question.

The premise that many of you seem to be operating from is that all men are brought to the point where their will is momentarily free of the slavery to sin that they are born with so that they may make a decision for or against Jesus Christ. It is a very valid question then to ask why some choose to believe in Him unto salvation while others reject Him, particularly when the sinfulness of fallen man's heart is supposedly not in play.

I submit that it was the efficacious work of the Holy Spirit upon your heart, quickening it to faith, that led you to respond in faith to the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

103 posted on 08/25/2008 7:38:40 PM PDT by Frumanchu (The primary focus of evangelism is to be faithful, not convincing.)
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