(May 16, 2014 at 8:48 am)Ksa Wrote:(May 16, 2014 at 8:44 am)Bad Writer Wrote: It doesn't take imagination on our part; all we need is a brain and the ability to read and comprehend what is written. All the imagination is on the writer's side, in this case.
How would you have interpreted the second coming from a cursory reading? If a pastor hadn't told you what Jesus actually meant, would your own "imagination" have taken a very different route nowadays?
Exactly, apparently, no christian understands the context of John 10:30. Or they all act like they don't.
It's answered in John 10:31-38.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.