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To: Sam Ferguson who wrote (26539)	8/22/1999 8:12:00 PM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 39621

Oh, I do not see his(or whom ever wrote it) as a negative at all but a positive. A positive fact of how God pursues me. THE most positive fact of the universe.FREEDOM!!! It only turns negative when one turns away and says "I will save myself," or " I don't need a savior" or "I myself will become God...sooner or later".... What's that old song? Years I spent in vanity and pride, Caring not my Lord was crucified, Knowing not it was for me He died, On Calvary. Mercy there was great and grace was free; Pardon there was multiplied to me; There my burdened soul found liberty; At Calvary. Oh, the Love that drew salvation's plan! Oh, the grace that brought it down to man! Oh the mighty gulf that God did span, At Calvary!! Mercy there was great and grace was free; Pardon there was multiplied to me; There my burdened soul found liberty; At Calvary.

To: Sam Ferguson who wrote (26539)	8/24/1999 9:25:00 AM
From: Barnabus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

Sam, how are you these days? I note that you put brokeness and contriteness into the "negative" side. Think it through, Sam. If a person goes on a rampage, for example, a man going through a divorce, goes to the house, smashes up the furniture, rips up the photo albums, takes a knife and stabs his wife with a viciousness that leaves her almost dead. The children scream, hoot, and hollar. And finally the man leaves the house. 911 is called---the police put up an all points bulletin and the man is found and arrested. In jail, he "comes to his senses." The interrogation process reveals a "broken and contrite" man. He admits his guilt, his wrongness, his sins. The day comes for the court hearing. He stands before the judge and says: "I did wrong, I almost killed my wife, I was out of control. I've sought her forgiveness, the forgiveness of the children." Then he begins to weep. The judge, being a "hard" man sentences him the maximum sentence. I say Sam, if our "Judge" is a "Hard Man"---if God does not execute mercy---we are all in trouble. Mankind that is alienated from God is savage in his behavior. We "dress up" our sinfulness and call "bad" good, etc. and wear our "proud" looks. But it is only when we see ourselves as Isaiah did when he saw the holiness of God: "Woe is me, for I am a man of unclean lips" Sam, think. An authentic brokeness and contrite heart from prisoners in our institutions would revolutionize the entire system. We are "prisoners" of Satan until we are "freed" by God's forgiveness and mercy. Desiring for you a sensational Tuesday, Sam. OMB