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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, (The subject here is the rulers, not the children)
thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, (It was the rulers; the pharisees that Jesus was addressing here and not the children)
how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, (Jesus was not discussing gathering the Pharisees under his wings. He was talking about gathering their children so that they could be ministered to by Christ)
and ye would not! (who would not? The Children? No. This is not a verse discussing salvation and choice, it is a verse discussing the condemnation of those who would deny access to Christ to their children by evil rulers)
(Mat 23:37)
The next verse tells what happens to those who would refuse to allow "thy children" to be gathered under the wings of Christ:
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
(Mat 23:38)
Jesus didn't give these guys a choice about their future, did he? He sealed their future right then and there. Jerusalem was going to be destroyed.
Christ will gather HIS children together under his wings. He has been doing it for 2000 years. He doesn't need the permission of the those children to do it. He will do it because it is his will to do it.
He isn't. You must be crossing your eyes.stop twisting the scripture please
stop twisting the scripture please
Simply shows depravity
you ARE twisting scripture
I would appreciate it if you would no longer post a response to anything I say.
No, it's what happened to the image & likeness.Since Adam and Eve 'fell' (despite living in the presence of God), is this "utter depravity" part of the "image of God" in man ?
No, it's what happened to the image & likeness.
Images & likenesses can be defaced, God cannot.
The way they were designed to exist as creatures is not the same as their destiny - what they do with that existance.But the image of God, if Adam and Eve were 'predestined', must then include utter depravity for them to fall.
The way they were designed to exist as creatures is not the same as their destiny.
He IS responsible for it, but He isn't guilty of it.and the will of god
basically god is responsible for sin with that mentality
Utter depravity isn't the ability to sin, it is the inescapable motivation to sin.
He IS responsible for it, but He isn't guilty of it.
That doesn't necessarily follow.And, because we are created in His image, sin must be part of the image (because we do not have the freedom to not sin) which makes God the origin of sin, meaning sin is inherent in God.
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