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Ochuk
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Date Joined Apr 2003
Total Posts : 102
| Posted 7/24/2003 10:57 AM (GMT -6) |   | Doc or anyone:
In God at War, I finished an excellent chapter (tying up the strong man) about Jesus' ministry being an act of war against Satan's "kingdom" here on earth. It was very good, and I enjoyed the fresh new perspective the ideas gave me.
One of the interesting points that got me thinking was the connection between sickness and demonic activity. Jesus healed people that "oppressed by the devil." A friend of mine's mother came to mind who suffered from bipolar disorder and in her mid fo's ender her life.
Her son shared the Gospel with her quite extensively, and was considered "close" to believing the Good News, but no one knows if she had saving faith. According the thesis of the chapter, Doc surmiused that when people "accepted Christ" they were healed, or looesed of there opression.
My question is: Is God the one who saves/delievers, or does this coincide with our will? Is this "salvation," if you will, compatiblistic/cooperative, or soley found in God?
If it is God alone who saves, why didn't he heal her? If it is up to "both" of us then how is anyone be saved?
Or how about this... can Satan stop God from saving someone?
Read my blog at ochuk.gizzar.com
Edited by - Ochuk on 07/24/2003 4:02:48 PM
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DLW
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| Posted 7/24/2003 11:53 AM (GMT -6) | | Does Satan have similar super-powers to Jim Carrey in BruceAlmighty in the WWV?
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