justbyfaith
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Ecc 7:29, Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Luk 8:15, But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Act 11:24, For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
Gal 5:22, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Gal 5:23, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Rom 15:14, And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
Now before you go and accuse me of taking these verses out of context, let me say that I quote them knowing that you will bring the balance to them with the scriptures on Total Depravity.
The question is whether you can harmonize your scriptures with the scriptures that I have presented to you above.
When I quote Luke 8:15, I usually quote Jeremiah 17:9 and then Ezekiel 36:25-27 next before quoting Luke 8:15.
So there is a little bit of harmonizing so that your job won't be too difficult.
I am also quoting these verses so that we can all put our heads together to discover what they mean together.
re #1326, Calvinism is a Cult
Mjh29:
Luk 8:15, But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Act 11:24, For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
Gal 5:22, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Gal 5:23, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Rom 15:14, And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
Now before you go and accuse me of taking these verses out of context, let me say that I quote them knowing that you will bring the balance to them with the scriptures on Total Depravity.
The question is whether you can harmonize your scriptures with the scriptures that I have presented to you above.
When I quote Luke 8:15, I usually quote Jeremiah 17:9 and then Ezekiel 36:25-27 next before quoting Luke 8:15.
So there is a little bit of harmonizing so that your job won't be too difficult.
I am also quoting these verses so that we can all put our heads together to discover what they mean together.
re #1326, Calvinism is a Cult
Mjh29:
There is no such thing as an innocent life.
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