"we too" is the distinction that shows us that we never were goats. We were the lost sheep that Christ came to save. I have repeated given you texts that state that Christ came to redeem His lost sheep. You have yet to provide any texts which state that goats become sheep. The elect were set apart unto His great salvation, the goats never were. We preach to the goats as if they are sheep but the goats will remain dead in their sins. As lost sheep we had many of the characteristics of the goats, yes "we too" were like them, once dead in our sin yet preserved unto salvation. We are the called who have been kept for Jesus. Jude 1:1 The goats have no Scripture to make that claim. Harry Chad Richard Bresson <breusswane@...> wrote: On 3/29/06, H Dorrington 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 --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. -- 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