Re: [TruthTalk] Apologetic for the eternal sonship of Christ

[Terry Clifton]

I cannot either argue or agree with you, John, because you have painted a picture and left it unfinished.  It seems to me that God always has a choice.  I do not see Him providing protection to Pharoah, or to those in Sodom, or those outside the ark, or to Annanias and Sapphira.  He even allowed his prophets and the apostles to be killed.  Did He, with His power, not have a choice?  Is this a God who can do nothing but love?  You might want to reword what you are trying to convey because to me it just does not fit the evidence.  What am I missing? Terry =============================================== [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:     If I were to mount an ad campaign -  several of us here on TT could be considered the "poster child" for the truth expressed below.     I could print a book with the title being   A Choiceless God In a Tasteless World,   and print several of our pictures onto the cover.  The back cover would have words to this effect   " The story of a God who loves beyond measure and BECAUSE of this love,   has no choice but to provide protection and salvation for those whom He has created.      This is a well written drama,  a true story in fact, replete with niffty tid-bits and, as brother Smithson is fond of saying, 'A smattering of God's love because a smattering is all that we can comprehend.'"   Shall I proceed with the project??   JD         I venture to say that there is not a person on this forum, who are accepting God's sovereign plan of salvation, who takes any pleasure at all in knowing that we are of such failing that God has no choice but to accept us as we are, offering a salvation that is both immediate and completely effectual   -  [God]  hoping  our acceptance in faith will open our eyes  and hearts to an obedience that is in demonstration of this fait complii  (as our resident theologians have put it).