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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    And you love each and every single person in the world that you don't know or ever will know in the same exact way that you love your...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    But would you love them in the filial sense if they weren't yours? You love them because they BELONG to you; just as God loves his...
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    And guess what else "teacher"? No body is making the argument that God does that. That is your own close minded, biggoted, looney toon...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    Yeah...and IF "IFS and BUTS were candy and nuts, everyday would Christmas, too. I take Jn 3:17 at face value and understand it to be...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    What is "a lot of work": looking up the seven passages I cited re the covenant of love?
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    John 3 verse 3, John 1 verse 13, James 1 verse 18, Romans 8 verse 9b, 1 Peter 2 verse 9 ~ Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    No, it isn't. You love YOUR children (as opposed to all the other children of the world) because they are YOURS. You love your...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    Yeah, Jn 3:16-17 is very clear and plain. If God loves each and every person in the world (even those He NEVER KNEW) :rolleyes: , then...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    PT recently cited some writer who came up with four kinds of love. But if the writer had dug a little deeper into the Word he would...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    Huh? And what kind of love would that be? Would it be "agape" style love, as PT suggested? Re your last paragraph: Been there, done...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    Huh? And what kind of love would that be? Would it be "agape" style love, as PT suggested? Re your last paragraph: Been there, done...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    Proof text?
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    IOW, you really don't know or aren't very sure of the kind of love God has for his children? Would it be a lower grade love than...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    Okay then...does God love anyone in the filial sense? If so, who? And I take it that you see no difference between God's common grace...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    You apparently share Peter's anticlimatic sentiment about this so called earthly, millennial reign in 2Pet 3, as he urged his audience...