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1 | Paul, the Answers Are? | Luke 5:8 | brother paul | 179534 | ||
Dear Brad, By your answer you agree that Christ had to be betrayed. The meaning of 'betrayed' involves a close associate who turns against you. Therefore someone close to Christ, intimately involved with Him had to turn against Him, to identify Him as the Messiah. Alright, OK, it didnt have to be Judas, but someone had to do it, otherwise we would not have the confirmation of His special place in the plan of God. Maybe I should say without a traitor would I be a Christian. This does not alter the original precept of the debate. Without a traitor would I be a Christian? This is the centre of my point, that somehow in the plan of God had to betray Christ for me to be Christian, we have to go through rejecton before acceptance. This is how God brings us to Him, 'sin' and 'rebellion' are all part of the process. The question is where legalism seperates itself from Christ, is this process 'wrong'? Yours, and His, in Him, Paul |
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2 | Paul, the Answers Are? | Luke 5:8 | CDBJ | 179549 | ||
Let me see if I understanding you right, according to your logic, Abraham couldn’t have been saved because he wasn’t rejected. You stated, “we have to go through rejection before acceptance.” Galatians 3:6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Technically speaking we are all rejected the moment we take our first breath. 1 Cor. 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. You made the comment, “Without a traitor would I be a Christian?” I’m not so sure that ascribing the work of the Lord and giving credit to something that the devil does exactly places one in a position of being a Christian but it sure falls into another category! It looks like this topic is getting a little off course and possibly giving some participant the wrong idea, if I may say so? CDBJ |
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3 | Paul, the Answers Are? | Luke 5:8 | brother paul | 179560 | ||
Hi CDBJ Many thanks, I really felt the Lord in your reply, I have expressed what I felt the Lord has shown me and there is a time when it is best left alone. It can become contentious and unprofitable..... A word in season. Yours and His Paul |
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