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To: Forest Keeper
the reason the Spirit decided to indwell me permanently is NOT…

In your view, what is the reason?

4,572 posted on 01/09/2007 2:30:17 AM PST by D-fendr
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To: D-fendr
FK: "the reason the Spirit decided to indwell me permanently is NOT…"

In your view, what is the reason?

Simply God's sovereign pleasure (if God wanted all to be saved, then all would be saved, etc.). I don't think it was because of my "luck" that my non-Christian parents chose to have me baptized anyway, as an infant, in a Christian church. And, I don't think it was because I was smarter than the next guy for choosing God. The point in time of my belief (when I think the Spirit indwelled) was simply the "when". There was never any question of "if". That was decided at the "beginning".

I have no earthly clue why God would choose this lowly sinner over the next poor loser for salvation. All I know is that I deserve ZERO credit for it. :) The Scriptures do not reveal to us why God some and not others. I assume that He did HAVE reasons because He has no other history in scripture of acting TRULY capricious as far as I can tell. But, what those reasons were, I cannot even guess. The Bible just tells us some of the things they were NOT based on.

5,978 posted on 01/15/2007 1:53:55 AM PST by Forest Keeper
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