Janice says that you have two choices. I see her 'choices' as an example of false duality and an erroneous understanding of the concept of evolution. Or at least a poor choice of terminology.
Imputation is instant. (God does it) Becoming is "evolution" (Man does it)
Evolution is not 'man does it' but rather 'God does it'. Evolution is an intricate part of His Creation which we should not be denying.
So what about denying the fact of evolution, does that condemn you? I'd like to hear an answer to this question. I have argued in another posting on this thread that denying evolution sets one up for a crisis of faith since it unnecessarily forces faith to be validated or disproven by scientific fact. Or in other words, it places God's Creation at odds with God's written word.
Man has to make a choice to be saved. If the choice is sincere then God will embrace it.
"whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved" Romans 10:13
http://www.seekgod.org/bible/chapters/romans10.html
Janice Matchett <janmatch@earthlink.net> wrote: At 12:50 PM 3/15/2006, Pim van Meurs wrote:
What about those who deny the fact of evolution? Does that condemn you?
Janice Matchett <janmatch@earthlink.net> wrote:
@@ Perfection is God.
Unless God only sees the sinless Christ when he looks at a person, that person will remain imperfect (sinful) in God's eyes, regardless of how many "good works" he does.
Regardless of all his striving for perfection, nobody can please God --- unless God has chosen to impute (apply) the righteousness of Christ to him. That's just the way it is.
But that doesn't stop those who, like Eve, are tempted to think that they can do things that will result in them becoming "perfect" like God.
Imputation is instant. (God does it)
Becoming is "evolution" (Man does it)
~ Janice .... who knows that it isn't what you believe - it's what you deny that condemns you.
@@@ As shown above, You only have two choices.
Read it again, and see if you can figure out which of the two choices you must reject in order to fall under condemnation.
~ Janice
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