>Bart Goddard <goddardbe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Re: God knows your future. ...But does he?
>"Gary McNees" <gkmcnees@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
>news:7D23D95C-F5D2-49FF-DDAA-CB7F146D1A0F@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> But that is what the free-willers believe: That God leaves them
>>> to choose _freely_ between Him and Satan. And if they choose wrongly
>>> they are ETERNALLY SCREWED.
>>>
>>
>> Not exactly. We teach that God desires the salvation of all. That He
>> draws all to Christ. But that He does not FORCE them to be saved. He
>> does not save them against their will.
>
>So when Scripture tells you all men are sinful and enemies of
>God, you must certainly believe that it is against _everyone's_
>will to be saved. So now, by your doctrine, _everyone_ is
>eternally screwed.
>
>A gospel of doubt is no gospel.
>
>Bart
Bart,
I am not sure I understand your answer. No, all humans are not God's
"enemies", despite the fact that all humans sins all the time. Jas
2:23,
"And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and
it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called God's
friend." (NIV)
Thus not everyone will be "eternally screwed". The Bible makes this
clear at 1 Jo 2:17,
"The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of
God lives forever." (NIV)
Sincerely, James
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