(May 10, 2012 at 3:58 am)Welsh cake Wrote: Read the scriptures. [God] only loves the elect, the objects of his mercy. We're the objects of his wrath.That’s the Augustine interpretation of original sin. In the New Church interpretation, the Lord continues extending his unceasing love to everyone, even those in hell. Unfortunately the damned refuse to receive that love. Their habit of rejecting the Lord’s mercy destroys their capacity to respond, i.e. spiritual death. Nevertheless, they retain their reason and ability to choose; they just keep choosing hell indefinitely. (That’s a slight doctrinal difference between Ryft and me, but we both agree that salvation and regeneration come only through Christ’s work and not our own.)
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