From: old man joe 


  " So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He
desires. "  Ro. 9:18


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  the cold, hard facts of life are well described in Romans chapter
9...  we are all sinners due the penalty for the evils we freely do.

  yet, God is willing to save some from the penalty due us all... as
for the rest... " He hardens. "

  it's the Fundamentalists lie that God loves everybody... He
doesn't...  " The boastful shall not stand before Thine eyes; Thou
dost hate all who do iniquity. "  Ps. 5:5

  a Fundamentalist won't go near Romans chapter 9... nor will he go
near Joh. 1:12,13... he won't because these and other verses spell it out
in plain English that man does not save himself by some fancy good work his
denomination concocts.

  he will pervert, with exegesis based on will worship, a new meaning
of grace to mean one has to do a good work to get it.  the Bible is clear
that " salvation belongs to the Lord "  ( Ps. 3:8 ) and that God
bestows salvation on whom He chooses to cause to believe... just as He says
in Ps. 65:4 and Acts 13:48 for example.

  so, while the false witnesses give false hope to the lost by telling
them God loves them, all the while the Bible says to the contrary, and
telling the lost Christ died for everyone, all the while He died for only
His sheep, as in Joh. 10, the lost are further lost by lies told by liars.

  the things of God are ridiculous to Fundamentalists ( 1 Cor. 2:14 )
and God haters alike.  the Fundamentalists offer a savior who can't save
without mans help and the lost are happy to blame God for their sins.


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" and as many as had been appointed to eternal life, believed." Acts 13:48

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