tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18297904.post43711624666588197..comments2023-09-11T09:07:38.474-05:00Comments on Sweet Jazzy Cat: Particular Redemptionjazzycathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720471765591930568noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18297904.post-44997708434566600872007-06-21T15:48:00.000-05:002007-06-21T15:48:00.000-05:00Justin says...Jazzy, yeah. I read an article somet...Justin says...<BR/><BR/>Jazzy, yeah. I read an article sometime ago, and it said something like, "If you become a fish, you can breathe underwater." Now, the statement in and of itself is true, but does that mean we have the ability to become fish? By no means! So, how is that different from saying, "If you believe, you will not perish"? It isn't. It simply is saying what will happen if something else happens first. I loved conditional statements in geometry. :)<BR/><BR/>Peace and grace,<BR/>-JustinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18297904.post-86790313465716634182007-06-21T14:35:00.000-05:002007-06-21T14:35:00.000-05:00Susan,Thanks. Jazzy's diet is not going well and ...Susan,<BR/>Thanks. Jazzy's diet is not going well and neither is mine. I do my best dieting when I am not hungry. BTW, that was Jazzy's sister Cuffy reading in that picture. Jazzy's picture is in the upper right.<BR/><BR/>Justin,<BR/>Thanks. Some read into John 3:16 that everyone has the ability to come to faith. Actually it is neutral on man's ability. It neither confirms nor denies whether man has the ability to come to God in and of himself.jazzycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720471765591930568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18297904.post-1173247565003492712007-06-21T14:02:00.000-05:002007-06-21T14:02:00.000-05:00Justin says...Susan, the verse from John 3:16 is i...Justin says...<BR/><BR/>Susan, the verse from John 3:16 is indeed one of the most favorites used by hypothetical universalists. However, they fail to show that "world" means EPEB (every person ever born). It's just assumed, because their humanistic presupposition makes it so.<BR/><BR/>Hey JazzyCat, I saw a picture of you when you were only a kitten! So cute!<BR/><BR/>P&G,<BR/>-JustinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18297904.post-83711349499464500652007-06-21T10:54:00.000-05:002007-06-21T10:54:00.000-05:00And I have that same small pox scar, too (or one j...And I have that same small pox scar, too (or one just like it).<BR/>How's Jazzy's d-i-e-t going, by the way? (I spelled it out in case you're reading out loud. Didn't want to offend her. Besides, I saw her reading on your post the other day. Maybe spelling it out will slow her down... ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18297904.post-83124436616735616432007-06-21T10:39:00.000-05:002007-06-21T10:39:00.000-05:00Yes, Jazzy!And keep up the good fight for the fait...Yes, Jazzy!<BR/>And keep up the good fight for the faith! Folks are reading.<BR/>With respect to this post, I agree wholeheartedly. I think folks likewise twist John 3:16 way out of its proper context. Jesus was speaking with Nicodemus, who as a teacher of Israel, saw the "Jewish system" as the only way to God, not seeing as Jesus was speaking that God's mercy extends to all whom the Father gives to the Son, including some non-Jews (aka, the "cosmos," or world). How skewed is the thinking that teaches a universalism out of this and how it goes against the rest of Scripture regarding the 'world' (those who love it are enemies of God). <BR/>Narrow is the gate and few are those who go through. Those who teach otherwise are just teaching against Scripture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com