In article <D5YHj.2433$lV1.112@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, AJA says...
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>> "Matthew Johnson" <matthew_member@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>> It is to try to show a third way that I put so much effort into
opposing
>>> Calvinism in the threads on "free-will" (in this NG and in SRC.B-S)
and
>>> even
>>> translated a large part of St. Symeon's sermon on this _very_ topic in
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>Thank you, Matthew. I'll have to re-read the sermon, but at first blush
it
>seems a good "third way". Also I saw the posts about the 'controversy'
>about predestination. I remembered those discussions of past days.
>And by the way, I'd be interested in hearing from you how one knows one
is
>saved, if indeed that is possible.
You know when you hear His voice saying:
'Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from
the
foundation of the world...'
(Mat 25:34 RSVA)
Until then, it is for our own benefit that the knowledge is kept from us.
> We sing Blessed Assurance, etc., as you
>know.
Actually, I don't even know which 'we' sing this. We certainly do not. We
sing
something quite different, such as the 'samoglasen' this last Sunday:
Thanking with the Publican we cry out, "you who suffered for us, yet
remained
God without passion save us from our passions and save our souls"
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>Thanks again.
You are welcome.
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