Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: mls@sfsup.att.com (Mike Siemon) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Salvation, Sex and other things ! Message-ID: Date: 1 Apr 91 07:45:21 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 27 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Someone quote a line that I missed in my glazed-over reading of this thread: > [that certain sins are...] > |> Only unforgivable AFTER you have accepted Christ as Lord and Savior. > |> Otherwise, how would the system of salvation work? I have to comment that anyone trying to discern a "system of salvation" is doing something very strange indeed! This amounts to trying to "pin God down" -- but to what possible purpose? to manipulate the "system" to one's own benefit? to "stay on the right side of" God? to "know" which of our fellows to "approve" or "disapprove?" All of that is vanity, and is very close to the attitudes Jesus condemns, directly or by contrast with what he *approves* of in the parables. If, in fact you trust God, why are you trying to second-guess him? We know our salvation in the love we experience from God's gift of grace. What else *is* there to know? -- Michael L. Siemon "O stand, stand at the window, m.siemon@ATT.COM As the tears scald and start; ...!att!attunix!mls You shall love your crooked neighbor standard disclaimer With your crooked heart."