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Old 02-29-2008, 09:26 PM
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But they cannot. Oughts are never thoughts that bring peace to the person. Noone has ever thought of Christ as a savior who has not been regenerated by Grace of the Spirit of God. IT is forbidden in the sense they have no ability to do this in an unregenerate state. It is foolishness to them...
I think your approach will leave you struggling to understand passages such as James 1:18. "Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth;" and 1 Peter 1:23, "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever."
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