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To: Zuriel
Faith comes from what is heard. There are points in time when believers hear the gospel and believe. Paul talks about this in Galatians.

God puts a measure of faith in a person, but free will can reject it.

Yes, I and Augustine have heard this argument before. There is no scripture to support this nor is there anything as "free will". If a Christian has "free will" then why don't they freely obey to do the things that God has told them?

789 posted on 05/31/2015 2:31:59 PM PDT by HarleyD ("... letters are weighty, but his .. presence is weak, and his speech of no account.")
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To: HarleyD

Because so long as you are in a physical body you have the nature inherited from Adam, a nature which is nailed the same cross of Christ. A new nature is what the spark of the Holy Spirit ‘grows’ in you as day by day you faiths in His life in your human spirit. You are a new creation hide with Christ, hidden/sheltered from Satan, sealed unto the day of redemption, which for Church Age Christians is the Day of the Rapture.


791 posted on 05/31/2015 3:22:37 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: HarleyD

**Faith comes from what is heard.**

Absolutely! That is what Adam passed to Cain, Abel, and Seth. Then Seth to his offspring, and so on.

**If a Christian has “free will” then why don’t they freely obey to do the things that God has told them?**

To many people, a banana split is preferable to a caesars salad.

Why has the ‘beat’ become the dominant aspect of gospel music in many church houses?

Acts 2:38 is God’s will. Why is it ignored, or held in low regard, by many churches claiming to be Christian?


794 posted on 05/31/2015 5:03:50 PM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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