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Six words Ray wrote.
rick:
J.F.K. is right, unless we are dragged to God we run. God gives us faith, God is the only one who can bring about change.
God is the potter, is the pot free to change its outcome and say I will be one of the elect or I will be not? Its God who chooses and He chooses with a free will .God does it all in us, He gives us the desire to follow, the change can only come about when God ‘s timetable says it shall be.
God knows the number of hairs on my head, I have not a clue how many hairs are on my head, that to me is a God who not only directs but pays attention to every little detailed of my life.
What ever Gods will is for my life must also included all His intentions for my life. All is of God, know matter how I look at it.
If one is of the elect status, its guaranteed for that one, or if one is not of the elect statues then its guaranteed they won’t be.
God is calling Himself out a people here and now, all others will be called at a later time as God is no respecters of persons as its God’s will that all be saved . God’s will, will be done.
God is the gate, He’s the good Shepard, I must live out what He’s given me to live out before the foundations of the earth.
What choice have I...............that wasn’t predetermined ?
Dave in Tenn:
--- Quote from: Dave in Tenn on March 06, 2014, 09:08:03 AM ---...There is ONE LORD...
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I know what I've had to go through, and no self-respecting christian would wish it on anybody.
lilitalienboi16:
--- Quote from: cjwood on March 06, 2014, 12:28:27 PM ---
Oh really, and do we really have the free will to make all those choices you outlined in your previous post?
it is a fact that we do NOT have free will, BUT, we do have a brain with which we make choices all day long. we CAN make the choice to go to the Word and make a conscious decision to follow after Christ, the Narrow Path. of course we know that any choice we make is the choice our Creator knew we would make.
our Father gave us the most precious gift He could through Jesus Christ our Saviour. he gave us a part of Himself, gracing our hearts with His faith. if we sit and do not walk in that faith, the very faith of Christ, hiding it within our hearts only, afraid to act on it because one might think we are doing it of our own efforts, then our faith is hidden as a light hidden under a cover. like the man who took the money given to him and went and buried it in the ground waiting to use it for a rainy day. the faith of Christ we hold within our hearts is mighty and powerful, and the only tool, besides His Word that we have to break the chains of this nasty world and all it throws at us. AND, both faith and the Word of God were given to us to use and apply, not just to hide it away in our hearts.
claudia
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Wow claudia, so very profound. Exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you for sharing dear sister. You have blessed me mightily.
Love,
Alex
theophilus:
Please submit a scripture reference that supports "of course we know that any choice we make is the choice our Creator knew we would make."
I'm curious. Especially because the statement declares that WE KNOW. If we have knowledge of something, there must be of necessity a source from where that knowledge originates.
John from Kentucky:
--- Quote from: theophilus on March 07, 2014, 10:53:03 AM ---Please submit a scripture reference that supports "of course we know that any choice we make is the choice our Creator knew we would make."
I'm curious. Especially because the statement declares that WE KNOW. If we have knowledge of something, there must be of necessity a source from where that knowledge originates.
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...For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me. Isa 46:9
Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, 'My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure.' Isa 46:10
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