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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    That should be an interesting answer... I wonder if he knows that no one is justified by the works of the law?
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    There's another aspect to Deut 1:39 that I didn't comment on adequately yesterday. Unconditional Election is certainly in the passage...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    You'll never convince any saint of that whose life has been qualitatively changed! God's love in the heart of a believer is a...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    So, you gave God permission to circumcise your heart so that you're able to love him (Deut 30:6)?
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    First of all, the files I put together over the last 30 years or so are basically topical files that contain miscellaneous notes amassed...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    No! God's eternal decree is the basis for all his saints' salvation. Read Rom 8:29ff. some day.
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    Guilty as charged! And there is, I believe, biblical warrant for such view. I will look at a file I have on this topic later when I...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    I have several times on this thread challenged FWers to provide one text in scripture that explicitly (the operative term) teaches that...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    I have several times on this thread challenged FWers to provide one text in scripture that explicitly (the operative term) teaches that...
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    No, that's not what I said. He definitely meant what He said. But one can err when they do not consider the full council of God. Truth...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    If babies are "innocent" then your god is an unrighteous, monstrous murderer since he has decreed millions of very young people to...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    You totally misuderstand the Gospel. You glibly interpret 1Tim 2:3-4 totally out of context -- just as you do Rom 8:29. You constantly...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    You totally misuderstand the Gospel. You glibly interpret 1Tim 2:3-4 totally out of context -- just as you do Rom 8:29. You constantly...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    Most translations from the Hebrew scriptures render "chesed" as lovingkindness. So...when God removed his "lovingkindness" from king...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    Okay...I have a question for our resident "omnilove" proponent who fancies himself as an expert on God's love -- but first three...