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1 | Sunday Sabbath or not? | Ex 20:8 | DocTrinsograce | 232885 | ||
Hi, Ed... Dispensationalism is a theological perspective that seeks to interpret biblical history in terms of distinct administrative approaches that God uses in dealing with mankind. These administrations are called dispensations -- of which they say there are seven. Nowadays it tends to be highly eschatological, and largely cross denominational. (It traces its roots back to Plymouth Brethren -- or more specifically John Nelson Darby -- but it has been espoused by Presbyterians, Lutherans, Baptists, Campbellites, and Seventh Day Adventists. Don't you Pentecostal teachers hold to it as well? This I do not know.) However, since it asserts that God deals with mankind differently in each of these dispensations it has soteriological implications. For contrast and comparison purposes: Protestant Reformed theologies traditionally hold to something called Covenant Theology. Nevertheless, some Calvinistic Baptists are espousing a third view called New Covenant Theology, but that is very recent. Dispensationalism holds to antinomianism. As dispensational Bible teacher William Nowell (1868-1956) put it: "It is a harmful perversion of the truth of God to teach (as did the Puritan theologians) that while we are not to keep the law as a means of salvation, we are under it as a 'rule of life.' Let a Christian only confess, ‘I am under the law,' and straightway Moses fastens his yoke upon him, despite all his protests that the law has lost its power. Men have to be delivered from the whole legal principle, from the entire sphere where law reigns, ere true liberty can be found." Consequently, this accounts for the antinomian/dispensational connection -- regardless of whether it be explicit or tacit, it has been referenced. These arguments are old as the hills... even older than you and I! In Him, Doc |
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2 | Sunday Sabbath or not? | Ex 20:8 | EdB | 232895 | ||
And just so we are all clear while there is nothing new under the sun modern day Dispensationalism was birthed by men like Benjamin Warfield, Scofield, Moody, Ironside, Larkin, Chafer. It is presently taught in most Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, Pentecostal colleges and seminaries. Dallas Theological being one and a strong supporter of the the NASB would object to any attempted connection between it's theology and Antinomianism. Likewise I don't think John MacArthur whose Study Bible is currently produced in the NASB translation would enjoy hearing his theological position was connected with Antinomianism. While Darby is often included in this his main thrust was his contribution in the formation of the dispensational/futuristic view of eschatology. |
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3 | Sunday Sabbath or not? | Ex 20:8 | DocTrinsograce | 232903 | ||
Dear Ed, Thanks for the comments. Every time I've ever tried to vouch for the full correctness of one theologian or another, I always end up finding something weird. Men are men, and men are flawed. Some seem to be more dependable than others, depending on the subject. I love your own Gordon Fee when it comes to Biblical exegesis -- but (and this is my own opinion) he falls flat on almost everything else. Hence, we filter and sift, holding fast to what is true in the light of the Word. Anyway, here is a thing I found on John MacArthur and dispensationalism -- actually a criticism of dispensationalists against him on the point: http://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/dispen/jmacdis.htm Since it is a full quotation from MacArthur, and a full criticism from the dispensationalists, I thought it might be more balanced. In Him, Doc |
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4 | Sunday Sabbath or not? | Ex 20:8 | EdB | 232906 | ||
An unbiased and fair presentation commonly found on the internet. However no where in this did I see either the author nor John MacArthur support, suggest or imply any adherence to Antinomianism. As far as dispensationalism John MacArthur said it best when he said and it was quoted in this article. “So my dispensationalism, if you want to use that term, is only that which can be defended exegetically or expositionally out of the Scripture, and by a simple clear interpretation of the Old Testament…” Now please supply me a book, paper, or article where a known and respected dispensationalist has defended Antinomianism or even suggested it was non heretical. |
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