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Old 03-13-2010, 04:37 PM
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Re: Equal-Opportunity For Failure?

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Did God expect the man with one talent to fail?
Was God "disappointed"?

Did God not realize that this man was destined to bury his 1 talent?

Maybe God should have given him more so he would have felt better about what he had and maybe done more with it?
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Was God "disappointed"?

Did God not realize that this man was destined to bury his 1 talent?

Maybe God should have given him more so he would have felt better about what he had and maybe done more with it?
It appears he had a choice.

Why would God give him more talents to waste?
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Re: Equal-Opportunity For Failure?

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Was God "disappointed"?

Did God not realize that this man was destined to bury his 1 talent?

Maybe God should have given him more so he would have felt better about what he had and maybe done more with it?
If God knows you will have a hard time handling a thousand dollars why would He trust you with a million?

As far as God "knowing" the servant with 1 talent would bury it, He did. He is God. But there is also free will among humans so we must be allowed to fail rather then punished, Minority Report style, before we even do.
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Re: Equal-Opportunity For Failure?

So our Just and Righteous God gives some people more opportunities for failure than others-- is that what the 2 of you agree on?

So does our Just and Righteous God gives some people more opportunities for success than others too?
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Old 03-13-2010, 05:01 PM
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Re: Equal-Opportunity For Failure?

Christians today have more opportunities for success in reaching the lost for Christ than Christians 2,000 years ago.

However, it was the witness of those Christians that helped to turn their world upside down for the Gospel.


If the Christians of 2,000 years ago were alive today and we were alive 2,000 years ago, would there be any Christians today?
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