On 3/29/06, H Dorrington <hjdinfl@...> wrote: >The text is quite clear: "we too" Correct. We *too* we once goats. >Your view would make Him have to love the goats! No. Christ loves His sheep. But that doesn't preclude the former goatness of the sheep. Again, you cannot impose what is done in election into the time and space of regeneration and redemption. the text will not allow you to do that. > We were children of wrath, verse 5 describes us further as "dead in our sins" even still we >were made alive in Him. The goats cannot make that claim or hold to that promise. Former goats *can* make that claim. -- Pastor Chad Richard Bresson Clearcreek Chapel Springboro, OH http://breusswane.blogspot.com -- Read the Sound of Grace pages at http://www.soundofgrace.com To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: soundofgrace-unsubscribe@... To view our online archive go to our web page at http://www.associate.com/groups/soundofgrace