Predestination; are fates set in some cases?

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Magenta

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#81
Ok you’re in your prime , and you are in a happy marriage, and you aren’t really on this forum… Whatever you want to tell yourself.
You said I was trying to get you banned. How does the devil get you to say such things?
 

Magenta

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Ok you’re in your prime , and you are in a happy marriage, and you aren’t really on this forum… Whatever you want to tell yourself.
Going from one extreme to the other really does not help your case. You just come across
as unbalanced while refusing to own up to the fact that you repeatedly falsely accuse me...
while trying to make yourself look good at the same time. Like referring to yourself as wise
because you think you refrained your lips in a post that was almost eight hundred words.
 
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#83
Going from one extreme to the other really does not help your case. You just come across
as unbalanced while refusing to own up to the fact that you repeatedly falsely accuse me.
Sorry, not concerned with old bitter woman in the nether regions of cyber space evaluating me. It’s a nice Sunday evening, a good movie, perhaps, a roast with yams, a healthy walk with the hubby, nope here you are.
You go girl!!!!
 

Magenta

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Sorry, not concerned with old bitter woman in the nether regions of cyber space evaluating me. It’s a nice Sunday evening, a good movie, perhaps, a roast with yams, a healthy walk with the hubby, nope here you are.
You go girl!!!!
More falsity from you. If you were as unconcerned as you want us to believe you would not go on and on as you do.
 
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#85
I can't believe how hard it is to keep stuff on topic!

And @Magenta is often against me, but I wouldn't mind having the kind of grace she has! I couldn't call sweet things bitter! Be careful!
 

Magenta

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I can't believe how hard it is to keep stuff on topic!

And @Magenta is often against me, but I wouldn't mind having the kind of grace she has! I couldn't call sweet things bitter! Be careful!
That is very sweet of you to say...
 

Magenta

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Who could not notice the grace on your life? Only a spiritually blind savage.
"I covet your prayers"! :ROFL:
I am not much of a prayer warrior, but I will pray for you...

I saw you mention dialysis in another thread...
 
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I am not much of a prayer warrior, but I will pray for you...

I saw you mention dialysis in another thread...
I don't ask for prayer about dialysis.
I'm on dialysis because I had a mini-stroke from eating the tea leaves after drinking the tea LOL

I care about understanding God and "obeying" Him so I abide in Him.
The rest of it will come with that!
 

Magenta

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I don't ask for prayer about dialysis.
I'm on dialysis because I had a mini-stroke from eating the tea leaves after drinking the tea LOL

I care about understanding God and "obeying" Him so I abide in Him.
The rest of it will come with that!
Yikes, what kind of tea was it??? I will be sure to abstain LOL
 

Nehemiah6

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The answer is YES but it is very hard to prove. Predestination touches on truths in a way that most people cannot fathom nor would be willing to accept, though the Bible is really all about predestination.
There is no question that predestination is a Bible truth. The problem arises when people misrepresent and misapply it. There are only certain specific things which are predestined. and definitely not according to Calvinistic misrepresentation.

1. The glorification and perfection of the saints is predestined. See Ephesians 1.

2. The crucifixion and perfect sacrifice of Christ was predestined from before the foundation of the world. See 1 Peter 1.

3. The appointment of certain men to certain ministries e.g. Paul from his mother's womb. .

Other than that God allows men to exercise their free wills and face the consequences. And because of His divine foreknowledge He knows what those consequences will be. So in that sense they are predestined. But not because God was responsible for the end result. No one's salvation is predestined since salvation is offered to all mankind.
 

Magenta

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Well, just don't eat the leaves..

Organic green tea from Sri Lanka!
Many years ago I brewed a mixture of loose tea leaves and drank some of it before leaving for work...

It was pre-2000, before I had a car. Walking up the street, suddenly I knew I was going to hurl.

Good thing there was an open restaurant near-by! But no long term effects beyond that.

Is your dialysis done now, or did the leaves do more permanent damage?
 
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More falsity from you. If you were as unconcerned as you want us to believe you would not go on and on as you do.
More falsity from you. If you were as unconcerned as you want us to believe you would not go on and on as you do.
Takes two to tango…. The difference is you’ve probably been on here for years, and have undoubtedly treated other’s harshly. And I’m not concerned, why should I be. You were here debating before I joined, and you will most likely be here when I’m gone.
 
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Many years ago I brewed a mixture of loose tea leaves and drank some of it before leaving for work...

It was pre-2000, before I had a car. Walking up the street, suddenly I knew I was going to hurl.

Good thing there was an open restaurant near-by! But no long term effects beyond that.

Is your dialysis done now, or did the leaves do more permanent damage?
Whoa!

No, it's fixed--won't get out of dialysis without a miracle.
Don't want a transplant bc it requires immunosuppressants--like having AIDS.
 

Magenta

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Takes two to tango…. The difference is you’ve probably been on here for years, and have undoubtedly treated other’s harshly. And I’m not concerned, why should I be. You were here debating before I joined, and you will most likely be here when I’m gone.
This dance we are doing... you falsely accuse, and I call you on it. You refuse to own up. Rinse and repeat.