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1 | Is 'once saved always saved correct? | John 6:37 | Hank | 31461 | ||
Brian, I tend to agree with you about a 'teaching authority.' (Do you feel uncomfortable when a Southern Baptist agrees with a Roman Catholic? :-) Back to the teaching authority: I've taught church school classes, led seminars, presided over discussion groups and the like for many years, and you have my word for it: church members, many if not most of them, have no more idea than a goose in Wonderland what the church they claim to belong to believes, or what they believe, or even what they are "supposed" to believe or are "required" to believe. Church pews are filled with theological dunces and it's a shameful and disgraceful situation. People appear on this forum who claim to be Christian church-goers and don't know Adam from Zerubbabel. Whatever became of education? And I'm not talking about in the public schools. I'm talking about in the church. --Hank | ||||||
2 | Is 'once saved always saved correct? | John 6:37 | LampLight | 31471 | ||
Hank: I don't know how to say this, so I will come right out and say it. You are being very rude and missing the whole point here. God Loves Dunces TOO!! There is only one Great Teacher and that was Christ himself. I don't care how many seimars you have taught, etc, etc, if you don't have it in your heart, you don't have it at all......I am not intending to offend anyone here, but you have offended me twice now and I am new to this forum, please refrain at least from me. | ||||||
3 | Is 'once saved always saved correct? | John 6:37 | Hank | 31505 | ||
Dear LampLight: You say that I have offended you twice. On one post you made the statement that the Bible is not literal. I challenged your statement. Did that offend you? On another post, you said that Jesus descended into heaven and I reponded that the Bible says he ascended (went up). Did that offend you? You said that I was being rude and missing the point (whatever it was) when I posted a note in response to someone other than you that there are professing Christians sitting in pews who are theological dunces. You say (without scriptural foundation) that God loves dunces. God says this: "Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth." (2 Tim. 2:15). .... And also: "...always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you..." (1 Pet.3:15). I ask you, is it rude to point out that a person who professes to be a Christian and yet has so little regard for the word of God that he doesn't bother to read and study it and remains a "theological dunce" -- is this being rude, or is it being honest in calling a spade a spade? Or do we need more people who are willing to gloss over the fact that many of our churches are filled with people who know precious little about Scripture? One final comment: I have taught for years. I taught in the wake of the death of a son. I taught after two heart attacks. And yet you tell me that if I don't have it in my heart, I don't have it at all. Are you being a bit judgmental or am I just being presumptive? --Hank | ||||||