tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18297904.post6576747302922656401..comments2023-09-11T09:07:38.474-05:00Comments on Sweet Jazzy Cat: Total Inabilityjazzycathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720471765591930568noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18297904.post-8525428994818722742007-06-20T07:36:00.000-05:002007-06-20T07:36:00.000-05:00Dave and Mark,Thanks so much. Dave, good to see y...Dave and Mark,<BR/>Thanks so much. Dave, good to see you back.jazzycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720471765591930568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18297904.post-80421778771257589152007-06-20T06:39:00.000-05:002007-06-20T06:39:00.000-05:00I gots to quote da man here..."I believe it is hum...I gots to quote da man here..."I believe it is human pride that prevents us from understanding that the Holy Spirit MUST be behind any movement toward God. We think far too highly of our "ability." I wish we still used good old words like "quickening!"<BR/><BR/>Good stuff!mark piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13882538938829765324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18297904.post-77845752670134431352007-06-19T20:48:00.000-05:002007-06-19T20:48:00.000-05:00Aaaahhhhh...I made it back!So good to read your co...Aaaahhhhh...I made it back!<BR/><BR/>So good to read your concisely written thoughts again. I believe it is human pride that prevents us from understanding that the Holy Spirit MUST be behind any movement toward God. We think far too highly of our "ability." I wish we still used good old words like "quickening!"<BR/><BR/>Good to see you again, bro!Shiloh Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00516285675816569740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18297904.post-20737121097074009682007-06-19T16:05:00.000-05:002007-06-19T16:05:00.000-05:00I suppose there may be a spiritual missing link he...I suppose there may be a spiritual missing link here.<BR/><BR/>No one seeks, but God wants us to seek Him.<BR/><BR/>It's as though we are blind, and yet reaching out with our hands to feel for God in the darkness.donsandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665794015011057098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18297904.post-82191008152935880632007-06-19T15:27:00.000-05:002007-06-19T15:27:00.000-05:00Susan,I thought at first glance I had a new commen...Susan,<BR/>I thought at first glance I had a new commentor at Jazzycat, but I see it is the same Susan with a later picture.<BR/><BR/>I believe our will is free in every respect and that until God intervenes fallen human beings will not choose the spiritual things of God.....<BR/><BR/>Jazzy illustration: Jazzy has for a couple of weeks been watching squirrels and all kinds of birds feed on sunflower seeds that my wife throws out to them. Yesterday Jazzy went outside and I looked out the front window and she was laying right in the middle of the seeds daring anything to come. Even though she has never missed a meal, she has a predator nature that kicks in. Her "free will doesn't allow for her to deny her nature."<BR/><BR/>I got a photo of it that I will probably use by and by.....jazzycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720471765591930568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18297904.post-7045231577748814832007-06-19T15:14:00.000-05:002007-06-19T15:14:00.000-05:00Don,Good question. I am not sure how you reconcil...Don,<BR/>Good question. I am not sure how you reconcile Romans 3:10-11 with Acts 17:27. In Romans it seems Paul is speaking of spiritual seeking and understanding while in Acts it is more of an acknowledgement that a supreme being God exists and a longing to understand more since special revelation was not yet available. What do you think?jazzycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720471765591930568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18297904.post-42886306985427348862007-06-19T13:39:00.000-05:002007-06-19T13:39:00.000-05:00Good analogy, Wayne.I have no doubt whatsoever, ho...Good analogy, Wayne.<BR/>I have no doubt whatsoever, however, that Jazzy can read your mind! She gets what she wants, doesn't she?<BR/>What is that saying - Dogs have owners, cats have servants, or something like that?<BR/>Your analogy is good here. We are bound by our natures. To God and God alone be the glory! Man cannot save himself, nor is God bound by our "free will" (puh!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18297904.post-90998951122885839122007-06-19T10:40:00.000-05:002007-06-19T10:40:00.000-05:00I agree, only God can "quicken" a dead spirit.Good...I agree, only God can "quicken" a dead spirit.<BR/>Good post.<BR/><BR/>I have a Scripture I'd like to run by you, and let me know your thoughts.<BR/><BR/>"That they should seek the Lord ..." <BR/><BR/>Seems here Paul is saying God established the nations the way He did so that people would seek Him.<BR/><BR/>" .. if perhaps thsy might feel after Him, and find Him, though He be not far from every one of us". Acts 17:27donsandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665794015011057098noreply@blogger.com