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What type of monster God sends my loved ones into hell...
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[quote:Shamar:MV8yMDYzNzkxXzM0ODIyOTQxX0MyMDc3NkQ4] [quote:Anonymous Coward 8788578:MV8yMDYzNzkxXzM0ODIxNDI3XzY3NTM0OEQ2] [quote:Shamar:MV8yMDYzNzkxXzM0ODE5MzQxXzVGMzEwRURG] [quote:Anonymous Coward 8788578:MV8yMDYzNzkxXzM0ODE4MzgwXzNDM0YxNjIw] [quote:Shamar:MV8yMDYzNzkxXzM0ODE0MTQzXzQwRDE2MzQw] He also pardons...... but pardon only comes with repentance. [/quote] And repentance is a gift from God. The whole 9 yards is [i]His[/i] doing, as the Author and Finisher of our faith. [/quote] where in scripture do you see that our repenting is a gift from God? Grace, faith, mercy......these are gifts from God. Our act of repenting? I do believe that comes from our own being, our choosing to listen to Him. [/quote] 2 Timothy 2 mentions God *giving* someone repentance . Also, Acts 11:18 talks abut God *granting* repentance to the nations. Furthermore, Jesus says "apart from me you can do nothing." How likely is it that He really meant "except repent"? And even going deeper on the question of repentance, consider that on the cross, Jesus forgave those who nailed Him up there - we know there's no way they were repentant, because [i]they didn't even know what they had done[/i]. --- Christianity Inc. is notorious for raising the bar so they can claim special privilege over the unclean masses. Modern Pharisees have reduced salvation to a work of the flesh and revel in casting judgment on those who haven't yet jumped through this carnal hoop. Ultimately, christians largely don't understand salvation. They don't grasp that the old man has to "die" to allow Christ to reign within them in newness of life, and that the method God uses to accomplish this is "fiery trials". The core difference between those truly following Christ and those not yet saved is merely the [u]timing[/u] of their ordeals. To be In Christ, our old self has to be reckoned dead. If he remains on our internal throne, there's a problem, and we aren't graduating until it's dealt with. Walking the hard road is inevitable. God is no respecter of persons, and "All will be salted with fire". If we think we get a free ride for reciting a sinners prayer, we've missed the whole point. We can either yield to the fire now voluntarily, or do our best to postpone them until it's no longer optional. --- The Prodigal left home to indulge in his fleshly pursuits, and against popular Christian inclination the Father *let* him do so. After a time, he "came to himself" and recognized his plight, and willingly headed home, without being manipulated by any arm-twisting or religious lecture. And who bitched and pouted at the happy return? The jealous religious sibling, who felt he deserved special treatment for staying put instead of running off to squander the family fortune. --- "Where sin abounds, grace doth much more abound", yes? Or no? [/quote] 2 Timothy also says this: “The Lord knows his own,”[a] and, “Let everyone who claims he belongs to the Lord stand apart from wrongdoing.”[b] [/quote]
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