<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr>[color:"blue"]Any time someone tells me that Romans 7 is about a preconversion experience of Paul, I must say that I doubt the reality of their conversion.</font><hr></blockquote><p><br><br>(Fred) This is really a side issue, but I believe Romans 7 is speaking of Paul's pre-conversion experience with the law. I stand in fairly good company on this seeing that D.M. Lloyd-Jones, Robert Reymond, Douglas Moo, and Thomas Schriener are a handful of the many Calvinistic theologians who also believe that is what the text is describing. I hope that you wouldn't doubt their salvation! [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/laugh.gif" alt="laugh" title="laugh[/img]<br><br><br>Fred

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