oatmeal
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:nono: Incorrect. God is not a magic feather and I DETEST trying to make Him anything other than a Sovereign Being Who has His Own Mind and will do what is best for us, so much so that the Spirit prays for us and Christ intercedes on our behalf. Jesus loves me more than I love myself and intercedes for me, even when I don't know what to pray.
Treating Him like a magic feather if "I" a fallible human being, 'have' enough faith, means I am treating God like a thing and am thinking highly of myself and my 'favor.' God has done miracles for me. Incredible ones. I do not 'expect' God to say yes to a man who is in process from death to life. "ALL" things work together for good for those who have been called by God.
Look again:
Rom 8:26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
Rom 8:27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
Rom 8:28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
So Lon, are you suggesting that believing God is not necessary?
That God rejectors have as much opportunity to receive from God as disciples do?
Say it isn't so.