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1 | Why do we not keep the 7th day Sabbath | Col 2:16 | jrcannon | 2584 | ||
You are right, we are on the same page now, but to clarify, everything we have been talking about up until now was about a Christian. About the motives and desires of a Christian, not an unbeliever. We began talking about you and what you are doing now, after your convertion. A whole different set of circumstances encompass a non-believer, but don't fool yourself, God still doesn't "need" to work in the hearts of anyone, there has to be an initial move on our part. You said it yourself, that God was in your head, but not in your heart. God may have nudged you in his direction, but I am sure it was you that made the first step. And it could have been a simple as asking "God are you really out there?" The father didn't go out to find the son in the story of the prodigal, but when he saw him on the road, he ran to meet him. The decision is ours and he is ready and willing to receive us. Anything other than this is a denile of the very thing that makes us special, more special than any of God's other creations, a free will. | ||||||
2 | This is true... | Col 2:16 | TerryM | 2587 | ||
This is true...we were talking about the motives of a Christian. Maybe I'm using the word wrong here...help me out. Before we are created, God has a specific plan/purpose for us to fulfill. Some people are predestined to do certain things. Before He can use us to further this plan, we have to be in a "place" in our spiritual lives. To get us to that "place" God will frustrate our plans until we end up right where He wants us. Everything will fail until there is nothing or no one else but God. When we are at this "place", and we allow ourselves to be put on the potter's wheel, then God can mold and shape us into the vessel He chooses. Now...I do believe we have some responsibility in this...we must take a step and make that decision to be molded. But I also believe that if God predetermined that he would use me for a specific plan, then He NEEDS me to get to that "place" so He can use me for that purpose. I didn't say GOD needs to work in our hearts, I said He needs us to do certain things so that He can use us. And the way that we can become that vessel is through teaching, studying and worship, which leads to an intimate relationship with God. Am I making sense? |
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3 | This is true... | Col 2:16 | jrcannon | 2600 | ||
Yes, you are making sense, however, be sure that you do not put us in such as a position as to make it seem like we are his slaves. You should also be careful not to misuse the word "predestined" that Paul uses in the new Testament. Further examination of these passages are needed (Rom. 8, Eph 1) in order to better understand. I am not going to lay out for you my viewpoints on this historically controversial subject, but I would like to invite you to study these passages further and don't just take them a first glance value. You would be cheating yourself. | ||||||