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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    Well then...you can do something God apparently cannot do. Did the Father love Jesus based on motivation that came strictly from within...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    Hah...but did God predestinate his elect in eternity or in temporal reality? Election doesn't take place in space and time. It occurs...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    Of course it does! Are you going to tell us that you love some child that you never met, never knew who lives 10,000 miles away from...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    And you love each and every single person in the world that you don't know or ever will know in the same exact way that you love your...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    But would you love them in the filial sense if they weren't yours? You love them because they BELONG to you; just as God loves his...
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    Rufus reacted Agree to Jimbone's post in the thread Understanding God’s election.
    And guess what else "teacher"? No body is making the argument that God does that. That is your own close minded, biggoted, looney toon...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    Yeah...and IF "IFS and BUTS were candy and nuts, everyday would Christmas, too. I take Jn 3:17 at face value and understand it to be...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    What is "a lot of work": looking up the seven passages I cited re the covenant of love?
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    Rufus reacted Like to Magenta's post in the thread Understanding God’s election.
    John 3 verse 3, John 1 verse 13, James 1 verse 18, Romans 8 verse 9b, 1 Peter 2 verse 9 ~ Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    No, it isn't. You love YOUR children (as opposed to all the other children of the world) because they are YOURS. You love your...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    Yeah, Jn 3:16-17 is very clear and plain. If God loves each and every person in the world (even those He NEVER KNEW) :rolleyes: , then...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    PT recently cited some writer who came up with four kinds of love. But if the writer had dug a little deeper into the Word he would...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    Huh? And what kind of love would that be? Would it be "agape" style love, as PT suggested? Re your last paragraph: Been there, done...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    Huh? And what kind of love would that be? Would it be "agape" style love, as PT suggested? Re your last paragraph: Been there, done...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    Proof text?
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