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To: betty boop; Alamo-Girl; xzins; count-your-change
kosta wrote: "Your own scriptures say that only those who have been given the spiritual faculties can. It's not a matter of our will." I must take exception to kosta's statement. Man is made in the image of his Father. His spiritual faculties are in-built, part of his human nature.

Your scriptures say that one must have the (spiritual) eyes and ears, betty boop, that is spiritual "senses" God gives only to some, or else you can't understand or comprehend the gospel and acknowledge him.

613 posted on 07/13/2010 12:01:15 PM PDT by kosta50 (The world is the way it is even if YOU don't understand it)
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To: kosta50; Alamo-Girl; xzins; count-your-change; Dr. Eckleburg; Quix
Your scriptures say that one must have the (spiritual) eyes and ears, betty boop, that is spiritual "senses" God gives only to some, or else you can't understand or comprehend the gospel and acknowledge him.

It seems to me that if the door of our soul is open, God gives the requisite gifts. If the door is barred against Him, then He doesn't. Whether the door is open or closed is a matter of human will.

Or so it seems to me, FWIW.

616 posted on 07/13/2010 12:26:25 PM PDT by betty boop (Those who do not punish bad men are really wishing that good men be injured. — Pythagoras)
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