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From: fibercom!lab@uunet.uu.net (Lance Beckner)
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Subject: Re: He loves me, He loves me not, He loves me, He...
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In article , bnr-fos!bnr-public!davem@watmath.waterloo.edu (Dave Mielke) writes:
> 
> those whom God does actually hate. Nobody has responded to these
> Scriptures in order to show me where my interpretation of them may be
> in error, yet nobody has acknowledged that they say what they say
> either. I shall requote them here and i urge everyone, especially

I assume that this was a general post, Dave.  But I also assume that you were
looking for a response from me in particular.  First, let me say that I did
respond (sort of); I just haven't come up with a solid answer yet.  In
article , I wrote:

     No, I don't ignore these scriptures.  But I am trying to look at them
     in light of all other scripture.  Right now, I don't have an answer. 
     But I don't accept your answer either.

I also went on to say:

     Could it be possible that God hates us (because of our sins) and yet
     loves us at the same time?

But probably the most important statement of the article was:

     I am going to have to do a lot of study on the love-hate aspect of God's
     character.  I have a couple of theories that I'm going to try to chase
     down.  But those could be wrong.


Later, in article , I wrote:

     As I have said before, I am still prayerfully studying this issue.  Let

I must admit, Dave, that my first response was more of an emotional response
than it should have been.  My attitude was, "How dare you say that about the
God that *I* worship."  In subsequent postings though, you did show strong
scriptural support for your theory.  Unfortunately, I have not yet reached
a conclusion.  I am still doing a LOT of studying, and a LOT of praying over
this particular issue.  It is also interesting to note that some of the ideas
that I have come up with, along with their scriptural support, have already
appeared on this newsgroup.  So when I do finally reach a conclusion and post
it, it may not seem all that original.

I would appreciate the prayers of my brothers and sisters as I continue to
search the scriptures for God's truth.  It is unfortunate, but I can't trust
myself to objectively search His Word.  No matter how sincere my effort, my
understanding of scripture could be tainted by my pre-conceived notions.

I remain convinced that the Bible has the answer to this rather perplexing
problem.  I am also convinced that in the scope of things, it really isn't
all that important who is "right" and who is "wrong".  For if our sins have
been washed away by the blood of Christ, then we are Children of God, and
brothers and sisters in Christ.

Peace,
Lance

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