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1 | Always Saved?? | Heb 6:6 | Morant61 | 78470 | ||
Greetings John! I like your quote of Rom. 9:20-22. If I may, I would just like to add one note of interest (at least it is to me)! The complaint of the hypothetical objector in Rom. 9:20-22 was not that God did not have mercy on those who deserved it, but rather that God had mercy on those who didn't. Of course, we approach this passage from different perspectives, but I have always viewed this verse, not as a justification for God to condemn, but as a justification for God to show mercy. :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Always Saved?? | Heb 6:6 | John Reformed | 78517 | ||
Hi Tim, The complaint that Paul anticipated, was that if mercy was based on God's good pleasure and that man could not affect God's choice in any way, then why did God create man as He did. No one can "deserve" mercy, for then it would not be mercy. Mercy, by definition is God's favor bestowed upon the undeserving. No man is in a position to critisize his Creator for not showing mercy to him specifically. For all men stand convicted before the Judge of the Universe. He always does what is right and just. God is not in need of justification before men. That is a mistake that many make when they seek to twist verses that are an affront to our ideas of what is just and what is unjust. They do so in an effort to protect God's reputation, as if He needed anyone to protect Him! Good to hear from you! John |
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