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Firstfruit Fundamentals
 

Subject: Relationships

Question 6:   

My answer to this is no.  I will explain.

Love is a fruit of conversion and not generally the means to it.  Conversion is a miracle of God.  If God wants someone converted, He will call them.  He will not use your love to convert them; He will use His love to convert them.  See my Minister's Notebook piece, "It's All About Godly Calling."

As stated in Questions 4 and 5, I have seen cases where God has brought two people together [a firstfruit and unbeliever] only to call the unbeliever during courtship or soon after the wedding.  God converts; not the firstfruit.

Clearly the devoted love of a firstfruit will be a very meaningful element in the overall relationship but I would never rely on it, alone to affect the outcome; namely, bringing another to the faith.  That is God the Father's work alone.
 

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