There are several problems with the Arminian view: 1. The doctrine of prevenient grace, on which the Arminian view of conditional election is based, is not found in Scripture. 2. Note well that there is no reference in [Romans 8:29] to faith or free will as that which God allegedly foresees in men. It is not what He foreknows but whom. 3. [Arminianism] assumes that fallen men are able and willing to believe in Christ apart from the regenerating grace of God, a notion that Paul has denied in Rom. 3:10-18. 4. Would not this view give man something of which he may boast? Those who embrace the gospel would be deserving of some credit for finding within themselves what others do not. 5. This view suspends the work of God on the will of man. It undermines the emphasis in Romans 8:28-38 on the sovereign and free work of God who foreknows, predestines, calls, justifies, and glorifies. It is God who is responsible for salvation, from beginning to end. 6. Even if one grants that God elects based on His foreknowledge of man’s faith, nothing is proven. For God foreknows everything. One must determine from Scripture how man came by the faith that God foreknows. And the witness of Scripture is that saving faith is a gift of God (Eph. 2:8-10; Phil. 1:29; 2 Pet. 1:1; 2 Tim. 2:24-26; Acts 5:31; 11:18).
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RE: {PRAYERS} I have numb index finger

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#1 · November 9, 2003, 5:22 pm

Posted by: cwstairs <cwstairs@...>

I'm not diagnosing your specific problem, but once I got a numb index
finger from bucking hay baled with wire. The whole finger was numb for
six months, but feeling "grew" back, no lasting problems. I was only
playing gu!$*r at that time, but I learned to make chords anyway. [I
never played any lead]

I'm guessing the feeling will come back. If it doesn't, I'm betting
you'll get to the point where you'll be able to play fine anyway. If
feeling doesn't return, I'm betting you learn to use "tallman, ring
finger and pinky" more.

Keep us posted on the return of the feeling that we're praying for!

Claude

"At some point, every generation must accept that their day of dominance
is passing. They needn't accept lesser standards from the rising
vanguard, but they must understand that there will always be different
methods and varied means in expressing praise and worship to the Lord."

-----Original Message-----
From: eric@morbass.com [mailto:eseidman@pacbell.net]
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 12:44 PM
To: churchbass@welovegod.org
Subject: [CB] {PRAYERS} I have numb index finger

Doing some painting and such around the house I hurt my index finger of
my right (picking) hand. I apparently have micro-nerve damage in the
tip of my finger causing a numbness feeling. It's rather difficult play
as I sometime have to check where my finger tip is at. I can feel
pressure on the finger but I don't have the tactile sensation. Please
pray that the nerve damage heals.

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