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To: HiTech RedNeck
Now if Donald Trump, out of extreme generosity, established a policy that all who permitted him to put $1000 in their empty bank accounts would in fact get it

But you're not "permitting" God to merely put a thousand dollars into your bank account. Confessing Christ is not an act that exists in a moral vacuum, as empty as a mere procedural vote in Congress, or the flipping of a light switch. Therefore, my questions are still unanswered, and you are still at step 1.

For example, the Lord is not willing that any should perish, but all come to repentance.

Peter here directs his passage "to us-ward," after discussing the reprobate for whom the fires of damnation are "stored." In other words, the proper reading is that God is not willing that any of His elect should perish, and this is the reason why the world has not yet been destroyed, because he is still gathering His people. You will find that a great many of the verses you believe refer to "all" people, as in every individual, apply to only specific groups, consistent with the context and even Jewish use of phrases like "all the men of the world," which they apply in their Talmud even to the citizens of a single city.

26 posted on 12/27/2016 7:58:50 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

I think you are stuck on stupid.

The bible says don’t veer to the left or the right. We have a balance issue here.

Romans’ argument is telling us that God has all the rights.

Other scriptures tell us that God has all the generosity.

The result is a balance. God is due (A) the deepest gratitude; but also (B) the deepest confidence.

I hope this makes it clear. You seem to be lost in a labyrinth of mere words.


29 posted on 12/28/2016 9:24:31 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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