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What is the meaning of "those"

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:16 am
by _PAULESPINO
Can we apply the word those to all people or to selected people only?

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:35 am
by _Sean
Can you be more specific?

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 7:01 am
by _PAULESPINO
Hi Sean,

Sean, you don't have to answer this because as I was writing this response to you I realized that I made a big mistake in asking this question. But to be more specific I was referring to Romans 8:29 "For those God foreknew he also predestined ......................
Anyway what do you think about this: I realized that God knew us all for he created us according to his image and it is possible that Paul was thinking that as we grow older there will come a time in which God will not know some of us anymore( which means he has given us to the desire of our flesh) because they have taken the crooked path and those who remained in the straight path are the one whom God will keep on knowing that is why Paul said the ff: For those he foreknew.......................
These people whom God foreknew are the one who remained in the straight path therefore conforming to the image of God and the people whom he once knew and have taken the crooked path are now forgotten.
Summary: So you can see in the beginning he knew us all but as we grow older some of us will follow different paths and God will keep on knowing those who followed the straight path and God will not know those who followed the crooked path.