Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

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From: Judy Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

 

JD

And so it is,  that man (in Romans chapter 1) sees the creation as a witness of God just as surely as God is at

work within him  both to will and to accomplish His pleasure.   It is all about God.   We can either attach ourselves

to this reality and inherit life or we can refuse the only reality that is and die.   What a choice !!

 

We have no power to attach ourselves to anything JD, we can only come to Christ one way and this is by being

 

Each of us plays a role in the reviving ontology we call salvation.   II Cor 5:20 has Paul encouraging the Corinthians this wise:  "...be ye reconciled to God."   Of course the it  is the Father who draws man.   I believe that Philip 2:12-13 reveals a point of truth for all men.   God is at work in us all.   But we still have choices, which you you, as well.   So I am not sure why you wrote the above.  

 

Your belief that man is totally depraved of good works before he is introduced to the indwelling Spirit is fantasy.     Read Matt 7:11.  Explain the good works of the confession of sin, repentance,  the knowing that Christ is the Son of God.  Tell me what is going on in John 3:21.  

 

drawn by the Father through the Spirit by the Word and it is the "engrafted Word" which is able to save the soul

as we choose to walk in it. 

 

In Romans 1:18,19 - Yes men can know by the creation that there is a God, but when they don't glorify Him

as God and hold the truth in unrighteousness - their foolish hearts are darkened.  So where would you get the

idea that God is at work in those who have never surrendered to Christ?  These people have a different spirit

at work in them (See Ephesians 2:1,2) which is  the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience.

At least this is what God says about it.  Nothin you have quoted challenges anything I have written.