I'll be blunt with you - I'm pretty sure we believe in completely different doctrines, because I don't recall reading once in the Bible that we are reincarnated as humans after we die.
Same applies here...
What kind of "steps in the direction of God" are you talking about? And what do you make of Ephesians 2:8-9 ?
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.
Same applies here...
What kind of "steps in the direction of God" are you talking about? And what do you make of Ephesians 2:8-9 ?
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.
I guess the Ephesians 2:8-9 (and for the record I never read that before) seems to me like it is painting a picture. The picture shows that God has ultimate power. To go further it means that at any second God can decide to make a human a believer.
