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Mountain, I agree...it's that sort of love that melts us...I left you a
comment in my Random Acts of Kindness post.
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posted by
Ariala
on July 18, 2006 at 3:24 PM
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Ariala, it is so good to know that contrary to Jonathan Edwards
our lives are not in the hands of an angry God, but an all wise, loving and caring God that might be deeply hurt at the lack of love and respect he is receiving from a world that He loved so much that He gave us His Son!
posted by
MountainClimber57
on July 18, 2006 at 3:17 PM
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His people Israel are those who love Him and follow Him as Scripture tells
us, but I agree, we'll just have to wait and see.
posted by
Ariala
on July 18, 2006 at 3:12 PM
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Thank you Ariala, but let me ask you a question. From the time
Rome destroyed the Temple in 70 A.D. till 1948, there was no nation Israel. After WWII, did the United Nations dream up the rebirth of Israel, no God directed it, just as He has directed her turning the desert into a rose over the pst 58 years -- We can share with each other arguments and Scripture, but we are living in a time that all we have to do is sit back and watch as maybe both of our understandings crumple in the hands of a Sovereign God who loves you and me with an everlasting love, and for reasons known only to Him, loves His people Israel with an everlasting love!
posted by
MountainClimber57
on July 18, 2006 at 3:11 PM
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Mountain, I would like to share something with you and I hope you'll
read it prayerfully and then follow the link below:
God Looks on the Heart
Just as there are two Israels, there are also two kinds of Jews: (1) Jews who are only natural descendants of Abraham, and (2) Jews in the Spirit who believe in Jesus Christ. Paul wrote, "Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest on the law, and makest thy boast of God. ... For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. Therefore if the uncircumcision [Gentiles] keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? ... For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God." Romans 2:17, 25, 26, 28, 29.
Did you catch that? The implications are staggering! Someone who is "called a Jew" because he is a physical descendant of Abraham, and yet who lives as a lawbreaker, "is not a Jew." His "circumcision is made uncircumcision." Thus to God, he is a Gentile. And a believing Gentile, who through faith keeps "the righteousness of the law," his uncircumcision is counted for circumcision. Thus to God, he is a Jew. John the Baptist paved the way for this principle when he warned the Jews not to trust their literal ancestry for salvation. "Bring forth therefore fruits meet [worthy] for repentance: And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham." Matthew 3:8, 9.
Later Jesus echoed this same principle in a showdown with the religious leaders. "They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham." "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do." John 8:39, 44, emphasis added.
Paul wrote, "Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham." Galatians 3:7. "For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh." Philippians 3:3. Thus, according to Paul, a real Jew in the sight of God is anybody-Jew or Gentile-who has personal faith in Jesus Christ!
Eventually this truth hit Peter between the eyes, and he told a room full of Gentile converts, "Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him." Acts 10:34, 35.
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posted by
Ariala
on July 18, 2006 at 3:03 PM
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O.K. Ariala, time is on one of our sides, and who knows maybe
even both!
posted by
MountainClimber57
on July 18, 2006 at 3:00 PM
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Mountain, I've studied that viewpoint, but I'll have to agree to disagree
with you...
posted by
Ariala
on July 18, 2006 at 2:58 PM
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Ariala, thank you for the click, but as large a faith as you have, I hope
come to understand the nation Israel better -- Study her history since her rebirth of 1948, and maybe your might come to a different conclusion
Go to Why Does Israel Always Win?
posted by
MountainClimber57
on July 18, 2006 at 2:55 PM
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Well, I believe in spiritual Israel, not literal Israel, but I gave you a
click anyway.
posted by
Ariala
on July 18, 2006 at 2:42 PM
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