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I'd say this would fall under "Neither. God will make an arbitrary decision we are not to question." Come on, people. It's impossible to word a poll in such a way that it's going to please everybody. I couldn't possibly have worded every option exactly the way each of you would have done. Cut me a little slack and vote for the option that comes closest to describing your opinion. Then clarify if you feel it necessary.
Don't take my response personally. I normally just post a direct answer - whether it's here, or in any other area of C-D. That's just what I do by default.
Gal 5:22**And the fruit of the Spirit is: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,
Gal 5:23**meekness, [and] self-control. Against such there is no law;
What you are describing is the characteristics of the law, which we are told can not save anyone, if you adhere to the law without understanding His characteristics you will remain convicted of that law
You think your belief saves you, but it is God who saves us
Yet, there are 29 uses of the word "wrath" in regards to God's judgment in the Bible.
God is just. He states in Exodus 34:7 that he will judge the guilty
The good news is that the Christian, who is in Christ is not guilty. He/she has Christ's righteousness, and they are seen as innocent. And they have the Spirit -- and those things should be visible in their lives.
<edit> Incidentally, I voted the top option. It's not a perfect definition, but it's the closest. </edit>
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We pray for God's will and trust Him and all that He chooses to do... even if it doesn't make sense to us.
However we are to strive for wisdom and light and understanding
Not just rest and hide the “talent” we have been given in the earth
Mat 7:7**Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you;
Mat 7:8**for everyone who is asking receives, and he who is seeking finds, and to him who is knocking it will be opened.
Mat 7:9**Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask [for] a loaf—a stone will he present to him?
Mat 7:10**And if he may ask [for] a fish—a serpent will he present to him?
Mat 7:11**If, therefore, you being evil, have known to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who [is] in the heavens give good things to those asking Him?
We are to ask, seek and knock for understanding and wisdom in the right places and be able to discern with our intellect what is real and what is an allegory, metaphor, myth
I can’t vote because I do not believe in eternal torment
That's okay. It's actually more than okay.
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