tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30116318.post115336145160389883..comments2023-08-13T09:29:33.124-05:00Comments on semper reformanda: irreverend foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460205052566275714noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30116318.post-1153565761634593012006-07-22T05:56:00.000-05:002006-07-22T05:56:00.000-05:00Gary, did you get my e-mail back with the profile ...Gary, did you get my e-mail back with the profile info? I sent it to your myspace. CrystalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30116318.post-1153449725350419792006-07-20T21:42:00.000-05:002006-07-20T21:42:00.000-05:00John 6:35-44 Jesus said to them, "I am the bread ...John 6:35-44 Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst. 36 "But I said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe. 37 "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. 38 "For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. 39 "This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day. 40 "For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day." 41 Therefore the Jews were grumbling about Him, because He said, "I am the bread that came down out of heaven." 42 They were saying, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does He now say, 'I have come down out of heaven'?" 43 Jesus answered and said to them, "Do not grumble among yourselves. 44 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.<BR/><BR/>Matthew 16:13-17 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" 14 And they said, "Some say John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but still others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets." 15 He *said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" 16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." 17 And Jesus said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.<BR/><BR/>Acts 9:1-6 Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, 2 and asked for letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 As he was traveling, it happened that he was approaching Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him; 4 and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?" 5 And he said, "Who are You, Lord?" And He said, "I am Jesus whom you are persecuting, 6 but get up and enter the city, and it will be told you what you must do."<BR/><BR/>The first passage says the father woos them... Oh, I am sorry, it says He draws them (like a bucket of water from a well). Who revealed to Peter that Christ was Christ? Look at Paul above, or the disciples, or Lydia, Abraham, Moses, etc... Did they choose God or does the Bible say God chose them? Does God choose some "major players" and allow others to fend for themselves?<BR/><BR/>I am enjoying the food for thought...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com