Sure it can ..... and does. It is the Col passage that says all thing have been reconciled. I am just quoting scripture. I can turn it down. I can refuse the "draw" of the Spirit if I prefer. Here is the problem, as I see it. He has reconciled us unto Himself. That is what the Book says. But it also says, "be ye reconciled to God" (II Cor 5:20). However you make this last statement work, I do not think you can allow yourself to effectively change the wording of the Colossians passage. That is not solving the problem. That is ignoring the problem.
JD
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Repentance is indeed important. Before you repented, you were an enemy of God. God was angry with you every day. Now that you are on His side, He is able to love you without the anger or the animosity hindering His blessings He had planned for you. You were not reconciled to God while you were serving Satan. Can't work that way.
Terry
Terry
