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    heartstrings got a reaction from Josie in Two Types of Women (Their path, Proverbs 7, Part 3)   
    What about the "brawling woman"?  It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. Proverbs 21:9
     
    Seriously, someone can be far from being the "virtuous woman" and at the same time not be a "strange woman" at all;  just exceedingly hard to live with.
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    heartstrings got a reaction from BrotherTony in God's Calling of Faith: His Choice (Romans 9:8-33)   
    "you"
    Again, the word "you" is plural in the King James. It is speaking to a group, not individuals. And He's telling them/us HOW He chose us to be saved.... "through sanctification of the spirit and belief of the truth". Who has to "believe the truth"? We do. 
     
    "Ordained"
    Does it say specifically that God ordained these men? No. There's more to the word "ordained" than most people seem to realize. It originally didn't have the specialized meaning of being appointed by some authority. It is possible and very common to "ordain" oneself to one thing or another. In this context these "ungodly men" set, ordered, arranged or established their lives toward evil things and condemnation. Whether we "beleive the truth" or "deny the Lord" and "ordain ourselves to lasciviousness", we decide the way we choose to go: God controls the consequences of our choices. God chose for it to be this way.
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    heartstrings got a reaction from Jim_Alaska in God's Calling of Faith: His Choice (Romans 9:8-33)   
    Neither Romans 9, nor any other passage in the Bible speaks of God drawing or choosing individuals for salvation. Not only that, but the terms "election" and "predestination" are always used with plural pronouns (for instance, the word "You" is a plural pronoun in the King James) God chose that His people would be "elect" and he chose that His people would be "predestinated" to be conformed to the image of Christ. Jesus said:  And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will "draw" ALL men unto me." John 12:32. And He says that He is not willing that any should perish but that ALL should come to repentence. Again, God's will is to draw all men and to bring them all to repentence: He does not choose individuals for salvation.
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    heartstrings got a reaction from BrotherTony in God's Calling of Faith: His Choice (Romans 9:8-33)   
    Neither Romans 9, nor any other passage in the Bible speaks of God drawing or choosing individuals for salvation. Not only that, but the terms "election" and "predestination" are always used with plural pronouns (for instance, the word "You" is a plural pronoun in the King James) God chose that His people would be "elect" and he chose that His people would be "predestinated" to be conformed to the image of Christ. Jesus said:  And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will "draw" ALL men unto me." John 12:32. And He says that He is not willing that any should perish but that ALL should come to repentence. Again, God's will is to draw all men and to bring them all to repentence: He does not choose individuals for salvation.
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