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Old 10-21-2020, 11:22 AM
 
Location: Salt Lake City
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Arrogance would be to suggest that we are somehow special and that God recognizes our greatness to invite us to Heaven.
Really? I don't think God would call it arrogance for us to recognize that we are, in fact, extremely special to Him.
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Old 10-21-2020, 11:28 AM
 
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Really? I don't think God would call it arrogance for us to recognize that we are, in fact, extremely special to Him.
As His children, it would be very odd if we were NOT special to Him.
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Old 10-21-2020, 11:30 AM
 
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As His children, it would be very odd if we were NOT special to Him.
But it does have its favorites, no?
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Old 10-21-2020, 11:34 AM
 
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As His children, it would be very odd if we were NOT special to Him.
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But it does have its favorites, no?
That seems to be a very prevalent human desire, but it is only of human origin, IMO. The consciousness I encountered had no such preferential or conditional acceptance and love. We were ALL ONE and equally loved so I am in the camp of no special or chosen ones.
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Old 10-21-2020, 11:56 AM
 
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Really? I don't think God would call it arrogance for us to recognize that we are, in fact, extremely special to Him.
Scripture says otherwise about us in our natural state. I know it's inconvenient and you don't like those Scriptures, but again...it's what the Bible says.
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Old 10-21-2020, 11:57 AM
 
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As His children, it would be very odd if we were NOT special to Him.
You think those that are at war with God and children of Satan are children of God? Really?

Because until we are born again, that's what we are.
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Old 10-21-2020, 12:13 PM
 
Location: Ontario, Canada
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You think those that are at war with God and children of Satan are children of God? Really?

Because until we are born again, that's what we are.
Lol.

Calvinism is stupid.
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Old 10-21-2020, 12:40 PM
 
Location: Salt Lake City
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Scripture says otherwise about us in our natural state. I know it's inconvenient and you don't like those Scriptures, but again...it's what the Bible says.
The Bible absolutely does NOT say that we were born deserving of damnation. Period. It simply doesn't. It does, however, say that we must become "as little children" in order to enter the kingdom of Heaven.
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Old 10-21-2020, 12:41 PM
 
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You think those that are at war with God and children of Satan are children of God? Really?

Because until we are born again, that's what we are.
Speak for yourself, BF. I am a daughter of a Heavenly Father, who loves me, and I love Him. I never have been at war with God and I have never been a child of Satan.
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Old 10-21-2020, 12:43 PM
 
Location: Salt Lake City
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Lol.

Calvinism is stupid.
Stupid AND disgusting AND insulting to our God-given intelligence.
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