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To: CondoleezzaProtege
As a Lutheran, I can confess that God is God without believing in double predestination. God desires that all people be saved, but not all people are going to be saved. Grace is resistible as God chooses to work through means. All who believe in Jesus Christ by the mediate work of the Holy Spirit are the elect. God elects no one to Hell. God limits Himself to work through these means.
30 posted on 02/28/2010 12:16:28 PM PST by Nosterrex
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To: Nosterrex
If God wanted all men to be saved, all men would be saved.

That one sentence revealed the truth of double predestination to me. It appears overwhelming. Those whom He has named to be among His family will obey, repent and believe. Those who haven't been named to His family will not want to obey, repent nor believe. They remain perfectly satisfied in their denial.

Ultimately, everyone gets what they want. Especially God.

58 posted on 02/28/2010 2:36:16 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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