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To: Campion

Hmmm...”let us ask of her this grace, this grace that all, all, all people would do good and that we would encounter one another in this work, which is a work of creation, like the creation of the Father. A work of the family, because we are all children of God, all of us, all of us!”

But we are NOT all children of God. Doing “good” doesn’t make you a child of God, unless by good you refer to this:

“Therefore they said to Him, “What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.” - John 6

“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.” - John 1

Those who do not repent and believe are in rebellion against God, refusing to acknowledge Him. They are NOT children of God, although they could, at any time prior to death, BECOME children of God by repenting and believing.

“As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.”


201 posted on 05/24/2013 5:41:41 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Liberals are like locusts...)
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To: Mr Rogers
Agreed! All people are "creations" of God, but to become "children of God" requires an adoption. By receiving Jesus Christ, we become the adopted children of Almighty God.

But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. (Galatians 4:4-6)

For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." (Romans 8:14-15)

225 posted on 05/24/2013 9:49:38 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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