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Originally Posted by Socialite
When God chooses us... when God comes to us... he speaks beyond the pollution of the flesh.
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I love how His Word purifies my polluted soul and gives me hope to live on and dreams to follow.
By His Grace we are saved.
Our salvation is His Gift to us.
Still we are not recipients-in-absentee.
Since the Bible makes it clear that humans do have a choice, in the context of this thread, my stand is with the Bible in that we do have a choice to make in light of the Grace of God as He appears to us.
We are saved by His Grace.
His Spirit draws us to Him.
From our heart, in our sincerity, we believe His Gospel (by our choice).
He gives more Grace, allowing us to obey His Gospel (by our choice).
He gives more Grace, allowing us to live His Gospel (by our choices).
Felix was allowed the opportunity to hear the Gospel first hand from the Apostle Paul, and yet he was only, "... almost persuaded...."
Was Felix's status as, "almost persuaded" a result of God's failure to draw Him or Felix's failure to believe?
Was Felix's failure to believe a result of Paul's inability to minister effectively or a result of Felix's choice to reject God for something a bit more convenient?
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