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RRufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.No, it's not. Read what I wrote carefully again. Forget the phrase that starts with "the son of the man..." and just read carefully...
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RRufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.My "true self" has very likely forgotten more scripture than you'll ever know. Anyone who thinks that God, who is an eternal Spirit can...
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RRufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.You must be off your meds today. Or did your doctors just give up on you? :rolleyes:
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RRufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.This is a fascinating passage, Rog, when you consider that Peter's primary audience here were messianic Jews. Peter is telling those...
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RRufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.You're very skilled at reading your garbage into scripture and people's posts, but you're desperately in need of remedial reading...
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RRufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.See how skilled you are at eisegesis! You even read your presuppositions into my posts. Save your pity for yourself.
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RRufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.God's love and justice were not addressed by you. The real issue is God covenantal, conditional love for his elect and his holy hatred...
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RRufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.It's only "|there and all through Scripture" for practitioners of eisegesis -- which I don't do because that is forbidden in scripture.
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RRufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.So, you don't like it when I do fair and balance and appeal to the WHOLE COUNSEL of God so that we can have a more accurate and true...
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RRufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.I don't see anything in your "proof texts" that speaks to God predestining his purposes. The foretelling aspect to prophecy has to do...
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RRufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.I don't recall reading anything that speaks to WHAT God predestines -- only WHOM he predestined before the beginning of time. Expand my...
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RRufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.To the best of my knowledge there is no scripture that teaches that God predestined any of his purposes. He predestines PEOPLE, not...
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RRufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.Correct. How could God love everyone on the planet with his covenant of love when the vast majority of its people God never knew...
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RRufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.In other words, we're all supposed to be content with half truths! When you say "It is better to understand... what you really mean is...
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RRufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.You still haven't answered Roger's question. Saving Faith does NOT come by star-gazing or contemplating this natural, temporal order...