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 7/11/09 6:06 PM |
| Z White | | Dallas | |  |  |
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Biblicist: (1) Yes. (2) What then determines man's volition? And his volition to HAVE a certain volition? What then determines THAT inclination toward this certain volition?, etc., etc., ad infinitum. God's decree is the ultimate cause behind all reality; else how does it come to be? This is an inescapable fact both Scripturally and logically, unless one claims that the attribute of self-existence does not belong solely to God, which would be ludicrous. (3) Yes, it makes sense when one lays aside the myth of "free will" and sees all reality as predetermined by God for the purpose of showing forth His unfathomable, infinite, multi-faceted glory. And "logic" is irrelevant as to responsibility; we are responsible because He says so, and we know He is just. Remember what I said to Mike about vessels for different purposes. 4) a) Spiritually dead, not bodily. b) Who are you, O man? |
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| 7/11/09 2:44 PM |
| Z White | | Dallas | | | |
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Mike/NY: "God gives the will; he does not make you use it in a particular way. Augustine: 'Free will, naturally assigned by the Creator to our rational soul, is such a neutral power, as can either incline toward faith, or turn toward unbelief.'" Hardly biblical or even logical, Mike. You are discounting sin-nature and man's state as DEAD in trespasses and sins, being ENSLAVED to sin (helplessly inclined to choose evil). Further, if the will were truly neutral, what but God's decree would account for a decision in EITHER direction? You're right, however, that God doesn't "make" us exercise our wills in a particular way; He has determined what we shall do of our own accord, hence "reasonable self-determination" (willingly exercising our volition, whether or not we realize we are carrying out God's sovereign purposes). "Looks like the spiritually dead must therefore become more dead upon hardening. Else what is the purpose of said hardening? How do these dead harden themselves against God, since it is said they are totally dead to any matters of Spirit?" They don't become "more dead" but continue in deadness as they further disregard God's general revelation and common grace, multiplying their sins and slipping deeper into depravity. The purpose is judgment. |
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 9/14/08 1:31 AM |
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“ Thanks, Rev. Brown... ”
...for this excellent and encouraging message, and for highlighting what is now my new "favorite" Bible verse. |
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| 7/27/08 6:47 PM |
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Jodie, the taste of heresy is indeed bitter, but my pointing this out does not make ME bitter.Would you more readily accept what we "who oppose what God is doing" are trying to convey if we were to type our objections in "tongues"? What if I told you that I have a pair of live, venomous snakes draped around my neck at this very moment, and that "God" appeared to me in a "vision" this morning (cooked me eggs and bacon; even brewed me a mean pot of joe) and commanded me to rebuke and denounce this fraud Bentley? Would you then accept my sentiments? Need verification, you say? Fine: I attest that these things are true. Hallelujah!  |
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8/4/08 10:14 PM
