nice. although it might be two 'steps,' it could also be 3, or 7 for a category, or even 10 or unlimited? As, who can ever approach God?
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Originally Posted by Luke
Awesome so you (like myself) also believe in a second definite work of sanctification.
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bingo why isn't this preached? it is how Christ introduced an initiate.
Count the cost and
Every inch of skin will be stripped from you. And yes, the only real joy you will ever find. how much more powerful this would be rather than cornering someone and recruiting them in fear.
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Originally Posted by Aquila
I see it like this... love demands hatred against that which will destroy the object of love. For example, any parent will have a hatred for crack cocaine if their child is hooked on it. Love will also destroy any individual that endangers the object of love. So even God's hatred, jealousy, and His taking of life is perfectly compatible with Him being love itself.
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i've come to see the mechanism of it more like a self-destruction, God not even 'doing' it really, but the inability of sin to even exist around God. i dislike 'love demands hatred' because that is not what Christ demonstrates; and i've a pretty good argument that attributing our emotions, hate, or even love as we understand it, to God, is anthropomorphising (even when done in Scripture) that i'm sure yu'd agree with.
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