| The view that Doc espoused in God of the Possible was very enlightening. I am having trouble reconciling it with the root word for election in the strongs concordance--the word seems to suggest a calvanistic interpretation, are Calvanist's and the makers of strongs concordance in this conspiracy together? Here is the word for election in the greek: 1589 ekloge {ek-log-ay'}
from 1586; TDNT - 4:176,505; n f
AV - election 6, chosen 1; 7
1) the act of picking out, choosing
1a) of the act of God's free will by which before the foundation of
the world he decreed his blessings to certain persons
1b) the decree made from choice by which he determined to bless
certain persons through Christ by grace alone
2) a thing or person chosen
2a) of persons: God's elect I am having difficulty with this passage. Would this meaning reconcile with the analogy Doc used in God of the Possible about the seminar anyone attended would be considered elect? I hope it does; I hate the idea of the arbitrariness calvanism presupposes upon God, I want to understand which God I am supposed to worship--although there is only one God.
God Bless
Paul
Our natural greatness is seen as part of God's image, and that natural greatness has been conferred on us to enable us to achieve our supernatural destiny:to be related to God and to obey him freely.---Diogenes Allen |