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If you believe in election then there has to be some sort of belief that those who are not elected to salvation are in some manner elected to hell. However, that does not lead to equal ultimacy in where God works to damn in the same way He works to save the elect.
And the other issue is that when the miracle doesn't happen, it's because faith is lacking in either the sick person or the healer. So not only must you have faith, you need a greater faith than it took to be saved.
I don't understand this. It's like you don't agree with the scriptures put forth by tango and I. If you disagree, please give us your understanding. Or, give us the scripture that supports your view.
3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,
5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us...
Exactly. There seems to be something in them in which they feel the need to contribute in some way to their salvation. Scripture is clear that we are sheep with a Good shepherd who loves us in the same way He loves the Father. It's also clear that we are given to Him by the Father, and...
I appreciate that you addressed the text. However, it doesn't say that the sheepfold hears His voice and follows. It says His sheep. It's made clear when He says there are other sheep to bring into the fold. He makes a clear distinction between sheep and sheepfold.