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NASB | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
Subject: What is predetermination all about |
Bible Note: I agree let us point to the Bible but let us not just point to the proof texts used to support our position. Let us point to the whole of scripture and admonish the person to show themselves as approved of God and to rightly divide it, learning not just pick out texts to support an agenda. I'm not sure why you included this but I never suggestted she need to depend on anyone to interpret scripture for her. I suggestted she sought her pastor so he could in all honesty give her both sides of the debate and help her understand why the denomination she was a part of felt as it did. I suggested this to help her be at peace in the church God had placed her. As I said there are equally able, talented, faithful, knowledgeable, dedicated, honest, wise, sprit led students, scholars and theologians on both sides of this issue. All believe they are lead to their position by the Holy Spirit and to suggest otherwise is unfair and untrue. |