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Re: 7 Pounds and The Sacrifice of Christ
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Originally Posted by OnTheFritz
Timmy is not pulling any punches today...... 
I think those are questions we all have or have had. And at some point, you just have to decide to believe or not. You have to have faith or not. Frankly, I can think of a number of reasons not to believe (some of which you mentioned). But I choose to believe (sometimes it is more of a choice than an urging), and, by doing so, I have to assume that there is an explanation somewhere beyond my scope of knowledge. I think the Shack did a pretty good job, but there are certain things you can't just talk around. There's plenty I don't understand... |
You're right, of course, and ultimately faith is a choice. If we could see and understand everything, it wouldn't even be faith.
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To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
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