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1 | Can you explain 'days will be shortened' | Matt 24:22 | John Pilgrim | 114805 | ||
Dear Brother Colin, I think it wise (lest we stumble over the rule regarding "Debates") to avoid inflammatory labels such as "Hyper-Calvinist". Perhaps the best course would be to rephrase your question. I will say that Paul certainly made plain his view of God's sovereignty over mankind in chapt 9. John |
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2 | Can you explain 'days will be shortened' | Matt 24:22 | flinkywood | 114814 | ||
John, In your reading of Romans 9:19-26? did Paul understood "election" as something pre-ordained by God apart from our will? In other words, did he understand that some vessels (you and I) are divinely intended for destruction, others for glory? I don't want to make this polemical either, but exploratory. Colin |
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3 | Can you explain 'days will be shortened' | Matt 24:22 | John Pilgrim | 114818 | ||
Colin, The absolute sovereignty of God and the responsibility of man are both taught in Scripture. Reason alone has not led me to a resolution. It is a paradox beyond my ken. On a personal level, I believe that all things have their wellspring in the will of God. Nevertheless, I am responsible, as an adopted son of God, to obey His commands. As an old scottish lady was purported to say about eternal assurance, "It's easier felt than tell't. :-) John |
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4 | Can you explain 'days will be shortened' | Matt 24:22 | flinkywood | 114825 | ||
John, I agree on the paradox. Paradox and ambiguity is part of makes the bible so believable, ironically. And I like what the Scottish lady said, with one reservation. When my friend was dying in great pain I asked his wife how she remained so collected and sane. She said it had to be the Lord and that she just believed His promises, i.e. not to worry for tomorrow, those who mourn will be comforted, trust in the Lord with all your heart... She said it's not about feeling but fact, trusting in the fact of His promises. I like the King James for this verse: "Faith is the substance of things hoped for..." (Heb 11.1). Substance. Colin |
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5 | Can you explain 'days will be shortened' | Matt 24:22 | John Pilgrim | 114860 | ||
The problem is that faith does not rhyme with "tell't". Are feelings are God given as well. Joy, guilt etc. We have faith, and, we experience as a feeling as well as a fact. Feelings that are in harmony with God's Word are essential to healthy spirituality. We feel the love of God and respond with loving emotions. Sorry for the brevity of my responses. Sweat of the brow for bread keeps calling. John |
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6 | Can you explain 'days will be shortened' | Matt 24:22 | flinkywood | 114983 | ||
John, here's how I feel about it... "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" (Jer 17:9) ...I think. Here's a good, slightly tangential article: http://www.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/ Click on "Hooked on Heaven Lite", by David Brooks. Colin |
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7 | Can you explain 'days will be shortened' | Matt 24:22 | John Pilgrim | 115443 | ||
Dear Colin, Brooks hit the nail on the head. Thanks for the link. Consider the fact that we are no longer depraved sons of our father the devil; that our hearts of stone have been replaced with hearts of flesh; that old things have passed away and we have been made new creatures in Christ. The furthest thing from my mind was a touchy-feely type of theology. Nevertheless, God has given us emotions for a reason. Emotions are good when they are moved by moral and spiritual truth. Guilt (for instance) may not be pleasent, but where would we be without it? Let's not through out the baaby with the bath water. :-) John |
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8 | Can you explain 'days will be shortened' | Matt 24:22 | flinkywood | 115500 | ||
John, was the devil once our father? Were you and I once his sons? Colin |
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