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sasscell:
Hi guys, this is nothing really deep, just something I saw yesterday and thought was...funny, actually. We have all this reason givin as to why hell must be and universal salvation must be false: Love that is not a choice is not really love at all, we must have free will to freely choose to love God or our love is worthless, etc. I thought this was funny in light of my study yesterday, check it out.
MARK 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind and with all thy stregnth: This is the first COMMANDMENT.
God doesn't give us the choice to love Him, He COMMANDS it!!
seminole:
Are you going to follow that commandment or not?
ciy:
He does not have a choice in the end Nole. He will either follow it in this age or he will follow it in the age to come. "Every knee will bow"
Blessed assurance from a God whose mercy endures through the ages.
CIY
sasscell:
You are right seminole, anyone in "churchianity" would say, " of course we have to choose to obey that command". Still, they present these arguments against the salvation of all by saying "forced love" is not love. God, however, doesn't say "will you choose to love me?" That is how they perceive this COMMAND. If we love Him or not, He still is COMMANDING it, not asking for it.
aktikt:
Someone on this site or maybe it was Ray, I don't know who, mentioned this about the Commandments. Instead of commands now, we can see them as promises. You shall not steal that's a promise you won't be stealing. You shall not kill... you won't be killing, you shall not covet ... you won't be coveting, you shall love your neighbor as yourself ... that's what you're going to be doing, you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart... that's what you're going to be doing etc. These commands will one day be a reality for everyone. What a strange and beautiful world it will be when everyone loves God and their neighbors. :)
Josh
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