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Recent content by Stottfan

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    "...you can go on sinning as much as you like..."

    Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply to my post :) A lot of interesting things to ponder. I agree with many of them, eg that with some people, if we preach the true gospel they will misunderstand some or all of what we say, I think primarily because their eyes have not been opened by...
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    Combating Universalism

    Romans 9 was (and is) the clincher for predestination for me.
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    "...you can go on sinning as much as you like..."

    So the title is a bit inflammatory and slightly misleading, but I hope you can forgive me for that :) I read this quote in the latest 'Briefing' (Matthias Media, Sydney). It was written by Martyn Lloyd-Jones in an exposition of Romans 6:1... "There is no better test as to whether a man is...
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    Predestination and Prayer

    Hi all. I'm a newbie but please allow me to offer my thoughts on this question. I too, buttermilk, have wrestled with this question. I can't say I have come up with a watertight answer - is one of those things that our finite brains can't fully understand I reckon. But God tells us 'Do not worry...