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To: ShadowAce
God does not sit around in heaven awaiting the decisions of fickle man Shadow..".will he or won't he let me be his god..I hope I sure hope he picks me"

Exd 10:2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I [am] the LORD. :

He is the one that all glory goes to Shadow...Never to man

He made us He knows us, He formed us and He knows exactly how we are made...He made us in a way that we will make the choices we make..there is nothing we can do that will surprise or amaze God

187 posted on 05/07/2002 8:19:39 AM PDT by RnMomof7
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To: RnMomof7
there is nothing we can do that will surprise or amaze God

Agreed. I never claimed otherwise. That does not, however, negate our totally free will in our choice. He allows you to do and think and decide whatever you want to. That includes sinners seeking out God and the Gospel.

Jesus did not come for the elect--He came to earth for the sinners. He said so Himself. Yet He never forced anyone to make the choice for Him. Reference the rich young ruler. He knew the ruler would not make the correct choice--yet he never once screamed at him, called him satanic, or otherwise abused him. Was Jesus civil? Yes, he was. Was Jesus civil to sinners he knew would not make the correct choice? Yes, he was. Was he civil when rebuking teachers of the word when they were knowingly wrong? No, he wasn't.

Be careful how you rebuke fellow believers.

192 posted on 05/07/2002 8:27:00 AM PDT by ShadowAce
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