If the host objected to me sending a substitute, he's no friend of mine.
This highlights the ongoing problems that you have with God. You seemingly
insist that He revise and relax His rules...that He include all of your vagabond homeless friends on the guest list even if they curse Him to His face...and tainted by jars propaganda, you also seemingly act as if God is simply a character in a book that humans have a responsibility to rebuke.
IF there is a Creator of all seen and unseen Who desires to draw humanity closer...is it really up to us to school God on whom to accept or reject?
Remember what the thread is about: exchanging what He does for us with what He does to others.
So are you suggesting that we resist accepting what He does for us and bargaining for the release of others---especially those who miss the cut? It suggests that we play God ourselves and snub our noses at the "Host" unless He allows us to bring our grungy guests with us....why not give Him the right to refuse service to whomever he wishes? Do we love people more than Him? If so, we are going against scripture...
Matthew 10:37(ESV) writes:
Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me
Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul
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