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Ain't it the truth. Furthermore, why would someone who doesn't want to spend time with God now want to go to heaven? They would be miserable—not that hell is a decent alternative! But, the whole purpose of salvation/justification/sanctification is to be "partakers of the divine nature" as 2 Peter puts it...
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Idle musings by a once again bookseller, always bibliophile, current copyeditor and proofreader. Complete with ramblings about biblical studies, the ancient Near East, bicycling, gardening, or anything else I am reading (or experiencing). All more or less live from Red Wing, MN
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Thought for today
"He never can save us by merely taking us away to some place called heaven--as if change of place would change the voluntary heart. There can, therefore, be no possible way to be saved but by simple faith."—Charles Finney
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