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   "old man joe"  wrote in message   
   news:lmvam5hlr4uemfrfjjhkebu2m5buk967s1@4ax.com...   
   >   
   > " That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the   
   > commonwealth of Israel, and   
   > strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God   
   > in the world "   
   > Eph. 2:12  KJV   
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   > " without God " in this passage is " atheos, " from which we get our word   
   > " atheist. "   
   >   
   > as we read the posts made by Atheists we find an intense hatred for God   
   > and man expressed in their   
   > point of view with cursing's and shouting's.   they challenge the Word of   
   > God, the Bible,  from   
   > every conceivable angle as though they are capable in expounding the   
   > Scriptures... a thing not even   
   > the Pharisees were capable of with a lifetime of devotion to the written   
   > Word.  they get their   
   > information from Atheist TV shows such as History Channel and Hollywood   
   > movies such as the da Vinci   
   > Code and they automatically think themselves capable to expound the Holy   
   > Scriptures...   
   >   
   > God says otherwise...  Ps 50:16 " But to the wicked God says, "What right   
   > have you to tell of My   
   > statutes and to take My covenant in your mouth? "   
   >   
   > an Atheist is God's property as the elect are His property. ( Ez. 18:4 )   
   > He has made one vessel for   
   > honor and the other for dishonor. ( Ro. 9:21;  2 Tim. 2:20;  Pv. 3:35 )   
   > curse and revile as they   
   > do, this is the life they are assigned to live by God.  He has made them   
   > for dishonor.   
   >   
   > they are treated by Him as " stranger's and aliens " and they have " no   
   > hope " since they are   
   > " without God " by His design.  it is then not surprising at all to find   
   > them posting blasphemous   
   > opinions about God and their fellow man... it's all part of an outward   
   > display of the inward   
   > appointment of what it is to be " without God... "  " you are of your   
   > father the devil " Christ says   
   > " and you want to do the desires of your father... "  Jn. 8:44   
   >   
   > and this they do well.   
   >   
   > what value then is an Atheist in this world ?  these are given as a sign   
   > to God's elect... " in no   
   > way alarmed by your opponents--which is a sign of destruction for them,   
   > but of salvation for you,   
   > and that too, from God. "  Php 1:28   
   >   
   > the Life given to His elect ones contrasts against the darkness of those   
   > who are given as a sign of   
   > destruction. while His elect praise Him the Atheist's curse Him... the   
   > mouth speaks out of that   
   > which fills the heart.  Lk. 6:45   
   >   
   > His elect ones are reminded that they came into this world as Atheist's,   
   > also. ( Ps. 58:3 ) it is   
   > only by the grace of God that they are elect unto salvation.  it is only   
   > by the new birth of Jn. 3:3   
   > given to His elect ones that they are made different than those who are   
   > perishing.  being ever   
   > thankful to God for His grace in Spirit and in Truth is the mark of   
   > salvation.   
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   So Atheists aren't going to hell?   
   You can't be punished just for being the way you're made.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)