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Results from: Notes On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: DocTrinsograce Ordered by Verse |
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5721 | They Burn the Bible bit by bit | 2 Pet 2:1 | DocTrinsograce | 243465 | ||
Doubtless he believes the same as we do, only there is some little difference as to terms.' This is treason to Christ and treachery to truth and cruelty to souls. If we love our Lord, we shall keep His words and stand fast in the faith, coming out from among the false teachers. Nor is this inconsistent with charity; for the truest love to those who err is not to fraternize with them in their error, but to be faithful to Jesus Christ in all things." --Charles H. Spurgeon "Divisions and separations are most objectionable in religion. They weaken the cause of true Christianity ...But before we blame people for them, we must be careful that we lay the blame where it is deserved. False doctrine and heresy are even worse than schism. If people separate themselves from teaching that is positively false and unscriptural, they ought to be praised rather than reproved. In such cases separation is a virtue and not a sin." --J. C. Ryle "Men today do not, perhaps, burn the Bible, nor does the Roman Catholic Church any longer put it on the Index, as it once did. But men destroy it in the form of exegesis: they destroy it in the way they deal with it. They destroy it by not reading it as written in normal, literary form, by ignoring its historical-grammatical exegesis, by changing the Bible's own perspective of itself as propositional revelation in space and time, in history..." --Francis Schaeffer |
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5722 | They Burn the Bible bit by bit | 2 Pet 2:1 | DocTrinsograce | 243475 | ||
You would much appreciate Francis Schaeffer. It was quite a blessing to attend the seminary that he founded. "How Should We then Live" is great. His "Biblical World View and a Christian Mind" are classics. Like Machen, he spelled out precisely what we see in the churches of our day, and what we see in the common worldview held by evangelicals. If you read those books, please let me know what you think! They are not easy reads, but very well written. | ||||||
5723 | Distinguishing Mark of a False Teacher | 2 Pet 2:2 | DocTrinsograce | 236756 | ||
"The seventh distinguishing mark of false teachers is that they exploit their followers through covetousness. The Apostle Peter, nearing his own death (see 2 Peter 1:1-15), warned his followers: 'But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.' (2 Peter 2:1-3). They eye your goods more than your good; and care more for serving themselves, than the saving of your souls. So long as they have your possessions, they care not that Satan possess your souls (Revelation 18:11-13). In order that they may better pick your pocket, they will hold forth such principles as are very indulgent to the flesh. False teachers are the great worshippers of the golden calf, as the Lord declares: 'For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness, and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely' (Jeremiah 6:13). Crates threw his money into the sea, resolving to drown it, lest it should drown him. But false teachers care not who they drown, so long as they may have their money." --Thomas Brooks (1608–1680) | ||||||
5724 | peopl should read the bible b4 they ask | 2 Pet 2:3 | DocTrinsograce | 180011 | ||
Dear Fogelministry, The Puritans used to say, "To show kindness to the wolf is showing cruelty to the sheep." There are few things that we do that are as loving as correcting doctrine, and insuring that sound doctrine is taught. Our God is a God of Truth, and He has gone to great pains to give us truth. We must esteem truth just as hightly as does our Lord. In Him, Doc |
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5725 | peopl should read the bible b4 they ask | 2 Pet 2:3 | DocTrinsograce | 180013 | ||
"There are many ministers, nowadays, who think that they must shift their doctrinal landmarks, and there are others who have no landmarks at all. They believe something, or everything, or nothing -- it is difficult to tell which; and their common cry is, 'We must be charitable [loving].' I have known many people who were willing to be charitable with other people's money, and I have known others who are charitable with doctrines that are not theirs to give away, for they are Christ's doctrines; but these supposed custodians of them care so little for them that they offer to give them away in any quantity. But a faithful steward of Christ's gospel will not do so; he who loves Christ, and wishes to honor Him, keeps Christ's words, and treasures them up." --Charles H. Spurgeon | ||||||
5726 | explain Genesis 6:2-4 | 2 Pet 2:4 | DocTrinsograce | 239027 | ||
Hi, Source... Christian scholars see the Nephilim of Genesis 6:4 as a prediluvian people who were descendants of the sons of Seth and the daughters of Cain. There is an old aphorism that I heard from one of my hermeneutics professors: when the plain sense makes good sense seek no other sense (see post #156918). This aberrant interpretation concerning the Nephilim being some sort of hybrid, has resulted from folks leveraging a single word in a single verse, unsupported by any genuine scholar of scripture since the time of Moses, does not lend itself to a serious exegete. What is clear in the account of Genesis is that the author of the parasite kingdom (Satan) had intentions to disrupt the evangelium of Genesis 3:15. But God, in His sovereign providence, dealt with all of that decisively in the flood. To say much more would be speculative at best. We should teach what the Bible reveals, and all that the Bible reveals, but when the Word falls silent (Deuteronomy 29:29a) then so ought we all. (cf Deuteronomy 4:2; 12:32; Revelation 22:18-19) In Him, Doc |
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5727 | explain Genesis 6:2-4 | 2 Pet 2:4 | DocTrinsograce | 239036 | ||
Hi, Source... No, confusion here. I followed what you were saying. If you look through the archives, you will see just about every theory you could imagine -- and even some you could never imagine -- mentioned in the forum. There are a lot of the hybrid-man-angel posts. I think there were some folks who thought they were extraterrestrial aliens, too. People can build such gigantic edifices to rest on such a tiny foundation. Yes, we all want a diversity of opinion in the forum -- so long as that opinion is expressed within the confines of our host's Terms of Use. Over the years, however, some dead horses just aren't worth beating anymore. In Him, Doc |
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5728 | Seeing their lawless deeds. | 2 Pet 2:8 | DocTrinsograce | 125267 | ||
All Lot had to do was close his door to shut out the view of lawless deeds. But we actually pay someone to pipe the images of people doing lawless deeds into our homes in a far more concentrated form than Lot ever witnessed. Do we need any further scriptures to encourage us to turn off our televisions? | ||||||
5729 | Lot -- A Righteous Man | 2 Pet 2:8 | DocTrinsograce | 183194 | ||
Hi, Brother Kalos! Just like the regenerate today... by imputed righteousness! In Him, Doc |
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5730 | Passage may say some born cannot be save | 2 Pet 2:9 | DocTrinsograce | 200563 | ||
Dear Granny, Yes, the verse I cited above (2 Peter 2:9) might lead a person to this opinion. There might be others. That doctrine is called "double predestination." However, I believe that such a teaching is in error. Emil Bruce discusses this topic, stating "The Bible does not contain the doctrine of double predestination, although in a few isolated passages it seems to come close to it. The Bible teaches that all salvation is based on the eternal Election of God in Jesus Christ, and that this eternal Election springs wholly and entirely from God's sovereign freedom. But wherever this happens, there is no mention of a decree of rejection. The Bible teaches that alongside of the elect there are those who are not elect, who are 'reprobate,' and indeed that the former are the minority and the latter the majority; but in these passages the point at issue is not eternal election but 'separation' or 'selection' in judgment. Thus the Bible teaches that there will be a double outcome of world history, salvation and ruin, Heaven and hell. But while salvation is explicitly taught as derived from the eternal election, the further conclusion is not drawn that destruction is also based upon a corresponding decree of doom." In Him, Doc |
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5731 | Passage may say some born cannot be save | 2 Pet 2:9 | DocTrinsograce | 200570 | ||
Here's a few more that are commonly used Matthew 11:25-26; Romans 9:17-22; 11:7-8; and Jude 4. | ||||||
5732 | Reviling without Knowledge | 2 Pet 2:12 | DocTrinsograce | 239983 | ||
"We have lost our ability to reason... Very few are able to think clearly anymore. I have often said the challenge of the truth speaker today is this: How do you reach a generation that listens with its eyes and thinks with its feelings?" --Ravi Zacharias (2007) | ||||||
5733 | Marks of a False Teacher | 2 Pet 2:15 | DocTrinsograce | 128493 | ||
False teachers will exploit their followers through covetousness. They seek to serve themselves, rather than save souls. They look to men's goods rather than seeking to do men good. Beware! They will hold forth principles that appeal to the flesh to make it easier for them to empty purses or pick pockets. | ||||||
5734 | Canon One Council of Orange | 2 Pet 2:19 | DocTrinsograce | 164389 | ||
"If anyone denies that it is the whole man, that is, both body and soul, that was 'changed for the worse' through the offense of Adam's sin, but believes that the freedom of the soul remains unimpaired and that only the body is subject to corruption, he is deceived by the error of Pelagius and contradicts the scripture which says, 'The soul that sins shall die' (Ezekiel 18:20); and, 'Do you not know that if you yield yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are the slaves of the one whom you obey?' (Romans 6:16); and, 'For whatever overcomes a man, to that he is enslaved' (2 Peter 2:19)." --Canons of the Council of Orange 529 AD (Canon 1) | ||||||
5735 | Puritan Quote on Loving Christ | 2 Pet 2:20 | DocTrinsograce | 127217 | ||
"Reader, remember this: if thy knowledge do not now affect thy heart, it will at last, with a witness, afflict thy heart; if it do not now endear Christ to thee, it will at last provoke Christ the more against thee; if it do not make all the things of Christ to be very precious in thy eyes, it will at last make thee the more vile in Christ's eyes." --Thomas Brooks | ||||||
5736 | Backsliding | 2 Pet 2:22 | DocTrinsograce | 196874 | ||
The reasons for which men backslide (From John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress"): 1. Though the consciences of such men are awakened, yet their minds are not changed; therefore, when the power of guilt wears away, that which provoked them to be religious ceaseth. Wherefore, they naturally turn to their own course again; even as we see the dog that is sick of what he hath eaten, so long as his sickness prevails, he vomits and casts up all; not that he doth this of a free mind (if we may say a dog has a mind), but because it troubles his stomach.; but now, when his sickness is over, and so his stomach eased, his desires being not at all alienate from his vomit, he turns him about and licks up all. And so it is true which is written, "The dog is turned to his own vomit again". (2 Peter 2:22) This, I say, being hot for heaven, by virtue only of the sense and fear of the torments of hell, as their sense of hell and the fear of damnation chills and cools,--so their desires for heaven and salvation cool also. So then it comes to pass, that when their guilt and fear are gone, their desires for heaven and happiness die and they return to their course again. 2. Another reason is, they have slavish fears that do overmaster them. I speak now of the fears that they have of men: "For the fear of man brings a snare". (Proverbs 29:25) So then, though they seem to be hot for heaven so long as the flames of hell are about their ears, yet when that terror is a little over, they betake themselves to second thoughts; namely, that 'tis good to be wise, and not to run (for they know not what) the hazard of losing all, or at least of bringing themselves into unavoidable and unnecessary troubles: and so they fall in with the world again. 3. The shame that attends religion lies also as a block in their way. They are proud and haughty, and religion in their eye is low and contemptible; therefore, when they have lost their sense of hell and wrath to come, they return again to their former course. 4. Guilt and to meditate terror are grievous to them; they like not to see their misery before they come into it. Though perhaps the sight of it first, if they loved that sight, might make them fly whither the righteous fly and are safe: but because they do, as I hinted before, even shun the thoughts of guilt and terror; therefore, when once they are rid of their awakenings about the terrors and wrath of God, they harden their hearts gladly, and choose such ways as will harden them more and more. The process through which men backslide: 1. They draw off their thoughts all that they may from the remembrance of God, death, and judgment to come. 2. Then they cast off by degrees private duties: as closet prayer, curbing their lusts, watching, sorrow for sin, and the like. 3. Then they shun the company of lively and warm Christians. 4. After that they grow cold to public duty: as hearing, reading, godly conference, and the like. 5. Then they begin to pick holes, as we say, in the coats of some of the godly; and that devilishly, that they may have a seeming colour to throw religion (for the sake of some infirmity they have spied in them) behind their backs. 6. Then they begin to adhere to, and associate themselves with, carnal, loose, and wanton men. 7. Then they give way to carnal and wanton discourses in secret; and glad are they if they can see such things in any that are counted honest, that they may the more boldly do it through their example. 8. After this they begin to play with little sins openly. 9. And then, being hardened, they show themselves as they are. Thus, being launched again into the gulf of misery, unless a miracle of grace prevent it, they everlastingly perish in their own deceivings. |
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5737 | Led by the Word, not Whim | 2 Pet 3:2 | DocTrinsograce | 196579 | ||
"Some, I know, fall into a very vicious habit, which habit they excuse themselves -- namely, that of ordering their footsteps according to impressions. "Every now and then I meet with people whom I think to be rather weak in the head, who will journey from place to place and will perform follies by the gross under the belief that they are doing the will of God because some silly whim of their diseased brains is imagined to be an inspiration from above. There are occasionally impressions of the Holy Spirit which guide men where no other guidance could have answered the end. I do not doubt the old story of the Quaker who was disturbed at night and could not sleep and was led to go to a person's house miles away and knock at the door just at the time when the inhabitant was about to commit suicide -- just in time to prevent the act. "I have been the subject of such impressions, myself, and have seen very singular results. But to live by impressions is oftentimes to live the life of a fool and even to fall into downright rebellion against the revealed Word of God. Not your impressions, but that which is in this Bible must always guide you. 'To the Law and to the Testimony.' If it is not according to this Word, the impression comes not from God -- it may proceed from Satan, or from your own distempered brain! Our prayer must be, 'Order my steps in Your Word. "Now, that rule of life, the written Word of God, we ought to study and obey. The text proves that the Psalmist desired to know what was in God's Word -- he would be a reader and a searcher. O Christian, how can you know what God would have you to do if your Bible is unthumbed and covered over with dust? The prayer implies, too, that when David once knew God's Word, he wished to fulfill it all. Some are pickers and choosers. One of God's commands they will obey -- another they are conveniently blind to -- even directly disobedient to it. O that it were not so with God's people, that they had a balanced mind in their obedience and would take God's Word without making exceptions, following the Lamb where ever He goes! "'Order my steps,' Lord, not in a part of Your Word, but in all of it. Let me not omit any known duty, nor plunge into any known sin. There was, in David's mind, according to this prayer, a real love for holiness. He was not holy because he felt he ought to be and yet would gladly be otherwise. If there were anything good and lovely, he desired to have it. If there were anywhere in God's garden -- a rare fruit or flower of purity and excellence -- he longed to have it transplanted into his soul, that in all things his life might be the perfect transcript of the Word of God. Stick, then, to God's Word. There is a perfect rule in the Divine statutes. May the Holy Spirit cast us in the mold of His Word." --Charles H. Spurgeon (June 1869) |
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5738 | Learning to sit at the feet of Jesus | 2 Pet 3:14 | DocTrinsograce | 195125 | ||
"Be much in the perusal of the Holy Scriptures, and strive to obtain clear and consistent views of the plan of redemption. Learn to contemplate the truth in its true nature, simply, devoutly, and long at a time, that you may receive on your soul the impression which it is calculated to make. Avoid curious and abstruse speculations respecting things unrevealed, and do not indulge a spirit of controversy. Many lose the benefit of the good impression which the truth is calculated to make, because they do not view it simply in its own nature, but as related to some dispute, or as bearing on some other point. As when a man would receive the genuine impression which a beautiful landscape is adapted to make, he must not be turned aside by minute inquiries respecting the botanical character of the plants, the value of the timber, or the fertility of the soil; but he must place his mind in the attitude of receiving the impression which the combined view of the objects before him will naturally produce on the taste. In such cases the effect is not produced by any exertion of the intellect; all such active striving is unfavorable, except in bringing the mind to its proper state. When the impression is most perfect, we feel as if we were mere passive recipients of the effect. To this there is a striking analogy in the way in which the mind is impressed with divine truth. It is not the critic, the speculative or polemic theologian, who is most likely to receive the right impression, but the humble, simple-hearted, contemplative Christian. It is necessary to study the Scriptures critically, and to defend the truth against opposers; but the most learned critic and the most profound theologian must learn to sit at the feet of Jesus in the spirit of a child, or they are not likely to be edified by their studies." --Archibald Alexander (1772-1851) | ||||||
5739 | Avoid Ignorant and Popular Distortions | 2 Pet 3:16 | DocTrinsograce | 179688 | ||
Although a refusal to use labels may sound sagacious to the postmodern and/or untutored mind, it actually stands against the Scripture itself. Scripture is fundamentally propositional. Labels are an important component in the use of sound rhetoric. God, the prophets, Christ, and the apostles all labeled things. Sometimes they gave us new definitions for words (e.g., "agape," sacrificial love). Sometimes they coined labels that never before existed in the original languages (e.g., "paliggenesia," regeneration; "Christianos," Christians). The church continues this tradition with terms like trinity, inerrancy, catholic, morality, rapture, etc. The theologian Charles Hodge wrote -- don't skim past it! its got a lot of polysyllabic labels, but its worth the read! -- "As we would have anticipated, it is a matter of fact that the Church has advanced very gradually in this work of the accurate interpretation of Scripture and definition of the great doctrines, which compose the system of truth it reveals. The attention of the Church has been specially directed to the study of one doctrine in one age, and of another doctrine in another age. And as she has thus gradually advanced in the clear discrimination of gospel truth, she has at different periods set down an accurate statement of the results of her new attainments in a Creed or Confession of Faith, for the purpose of preservation and popular instruction. In the meantime, heretics spring up on all occasions, who pervert the Scriptures, who exaggerate certain aspects of the truth and deny others equally essential, and thus in effect turn the truth of God into a lie. The Church is forced, therefore, on the great principle of self-preservation, to form such accurate definitions of every particular doctrine misrepresented as shall include the whole truth and exclude all error; and to make such comprehensive exhibitions of the system of revealed truth as a whole that no one part shall be either unduly diminished or exaggerated, but the true proportion of the whole be preserved. At the same time, provision must be made for ecclesiastical discipline, and to secure the real cooperation of those who profess to work together in the same cause; so that public teachers in the same communion may not contradict one another, and the one pull down what the other is striving to build up. Formularies must also be prepared, representing as far as possible the common consent, and clothed with public authority, for the instruction of the members of the Church, and especially of the children." In this case, Hodge is speaking most specifically of creeds and confessions. The activity of the creation and study of such documents is virtually synonymous with developing labels! So let me summarize the importance of labeling to the Church of God: 1. Accurate interpretation of Scripture (2 Timothy 2:15b) 2. Systematic study of Scripture's doctrine (2 Timothy 2:15a) 3. Defense against heresy (Galatians 1:7; 2 Peter 3:16) 4. Exposure of ALL that Scripture teaches (Luke 4:4) 5. Discipline of the church (Titus 1:13) 6. Cogent, consistent pedagogy (Matthew 28:20) J. Gresham Machen wrote, "This temper of mind [liberalism] is hostile to precise definitions. Indeed nothing makes a man more unpopular in the controversies of the present day than an insistence upon definition of terms... Men discourse very eloquently today upon such subjects as God, religion, Christianity, atonement, redemption, faith; but are greatly incensed when they are asked to tell in simple language what they mean by these terms." The tool of the mind is language. Textualization is the heart of transmission of the Bible. This is why the Reformers and our Founding Fathers -- as all believers should -- actually encouraged education, rather than encouraging folks to remain ignorant! (1) It takes more work, (2) it makes us accountable, and (3) it will be resisted by the world and the simple, but if we want to (4) follow the example of Scripture, we need labels. |
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5740 | Be on Your Guard! | 2 Pet 3:17 | DocTrinsograce | 243500 | ||
“There's a way to preach the Bible unbiblically... You can use the Bible as the springboard for all kinds of ideas, can't you? Look around in here and find something that fits your fancy and then launch a rocket off it. People say, 'That was amazing, wasn't it? Remarkable what he got out of that.' Well of course it is because he put it in before he got it out.†--Alistair Begg https://www.truthforlife.org/ |
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