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To: SkyDancer

Good question. According to Calvin, you will either go to hell or not, and nothing you think, feel or care about matters. God decided if you were going to hell before he created the world...


8 posted on 11/18/2011 7:02:49 AM PST by Mr Rogers ("they found themselves made strangers in their own country")
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To: Mr Rogers

As I wrote to dutchboy88 I’ve put myself in Yashua’s hand and there I’ll be for all eternity. Calvin or no Calvin.


12 posted on 11/18/2011 7:11:59 AM PST by SkyDancer ('If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate ")
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To: Mr Rogers

Actually it’s according to the Bible. Read Romans Chapter 9.
Here’s an excerpt:

“Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one object for special use and another for ordinary use? What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath that are made for destruction; and what if he has done so in order to make known the riches of his glory for the objects of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory” (Rom 9:21-23).

Essentially God is showing two parts of His divine character:
1. His grace
2. His wrath

Some are made simply to be an instrument of his wrath, while some are instruments of his grace and mercy. It’s a VERY HARD truth to grasp for most Christians.


29 posted on 11/18/2011 8:13:57 AM PST by libdestroyer
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