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A bump to continue a discussion of Gen 3 (I hope:>))

Every man to his own corner in the event of a knock down ***grin**

Can we talk about sin without committing one? That is my challange to myself and all of you.

Doc could you repost your teaching? Cvengr coould you put your thoughts back up? Matchett I think you had some thought too

Perhaps a good place to repost my comments regarding the AA meeting I attended the other night.

It was my observation that these people concluded that they are powereless over their addiction to alchohol and drugs.

The most profound statements came from a young woman their. This woman is a recovering heroin shooting, crack smoking prostitute. She prostituted herself simply to get money for her drugs. She also was a theif -breaking into homes to steal simply to get money for her drugs.

As well as making the statement that she was powerless over her addictions, she made the statement that her "sobriety was a gift of God" and that she "wouldn't be sober until God made her sober". This is calvinism, folks. We recognize the depraved state we are in and we are greatful for the gift of faith which our Lord has bestowed upon us! For as these addicts always would choose alchohol, we always chose to make a god of ourselves and thumb our nose at the one true God! Just as God made this woman sober, God makes us believe. Just as this woman is now participating in this AA meeting to help spread the AA gospel to others, we are so greatful for what God has done for us that we, too, go out into all the world and preach Christ crucified!

These people get it. They couldn't do it on their own. They rely totally upon the one True God.

One needs to understand the terrible sin in their lives before one can ~truly~ repent of them!

Jean

"For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:"
Roms. 8:3

"For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace."

Roms. 6:14

Hey Mom,
God's abundant grace and mercy to you . . . you're the best 'cause it's "CHRIST IN YOU" the hope of glory.

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Excellent article.. Gerstner BUMP! - I met Dr. Gerstner around 16 years ago; a brilliant man...Gerstner was Dr. R. C. Sproul's MENTOR when Sproul was in Seminary; Sproul said that Gerstner was the Calvinist's CALVINIST...:>)

Here is a good website - a radio station with NOTHING but REFORMED TEACHING 24 hours a day.

To access NEW GENEVA RADIO - go to this webpage = http://home.earthlink.net/~okcalvin/bhpc/ngr/schedule.html

Thanks again for the Gerstner article

Where did sin originate? My sister's question is roughly this: God created everything good; God is perfect. Therefore, if everything was created perfectly, from whence did sin arise?

In other words, how did Satan become evil? From where did the ability to sin originate?

I hope I worded this correctly.