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    Does man naturally have ability to Seek God ?

    Jer 13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
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    Does man naturally have ability to Seek God ?

    Eze 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. Reconcile that with inheriting...
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    Does man naturally have ability to Seek God ?

    We all were dead as a doornail, and so blind and deaf also - then God sends us his Prevenient Grace enabling us to believe - we believe and then are regenerated.
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    Does man naturally have ability to Seek God ?

    It's correct to say you chose to see, it is not correct to say whether the blind man over there is choosing not to see or not - how would you know what is going on in the mind of another?
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    Does man naturally have ability to Seek God ?

    In the case of Lazarus of Bethany, didn't even the DEAD hear Him?
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    Does man naturally have ability to Seek God ?

    Stunned, when Jesus was here, didn't the blind see and the deaf hear?
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    Does man naturally have ability to Seek God ?

    1Co 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
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    Does man naturally have ability to Seek God ?

    Hard for me to wrap my head around also. "For as in Adam all die - even so in Christ shall all be made alive"
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    Does man naturally have ability to Seek God ?

    got some sticky wickets there, oceanprayers. Adam and Eve did not START OUT totally depraved I personally don't believe it is "all his doing" when we come to be saved - in some sense we have to ask and accept - we are in some synergy with God; synergy is a beautiful thing - not some heresy to...
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    Does man naturally have ability to Seek God ?

    Total Depravity. Arminius believed in it - but I doubt that the way many describe it would be held by him and Wesley. Man finding God on his own would be Pelagianism, and is bogus. Prevenient Grace has been put forth as a common grace that enables even the unregenerate to seek God. Calvinists...
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    New Testament Timeline. Destruction of the Temple in 70 AD

    Revelation could have been writtn by 66 AD I don't think anyone will ever know for sure - late-daters seem to hold the field
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    Pizza party "Hello" thread - Come on in

    welcome Oceanprayers I like thin-crust pizza
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    JESUS IS NOT COMING AGAIN

    Heb 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
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    Will there be a Rapture?

    rapture is not pre=trib - it's at the last trumpet 1Co 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
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    Times Jesus contradicted/"override" the Old Testament

    healing on the sabbath disciples plucking grains on sabbath
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    What is the…

    sez you, theefaith!
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    What is the…

    My son is Greek Orthodox, Gary, his wedding was the coolest wedding I ever saw! woot woot!
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    The God Who is There

    I was just commenting on the lack of responses in the thread.