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1 | Teaching Bible Prophecy | Acts 1:7 | Hank | 186070 | ||
Tony - Following your recitation of certain things already past, you conclude, "but that shouldn't deter us from preaching about events that are yet to be fulfilled." ...... True enough. But as I've striven to emphasize in previous posts, we should view and teach the Bible with the same emphasis in which the Holy Spirit inspired it, giving to each topic the balance and weight that divine inspiration laid upon it. ..... You use the phrase "there was an exact time" in connection with great biblical events. Let's borrow on that idea and postulate that the Bible also teaches there is a time to be saved. Look at Paul's second Corinthian Letter, 6:2. First he quotes Isaiah, and applying his words to the present situation in the age of grace under Christ Jesus, he states, "now is the day of salvation." There is, to use your phrase, an exact time when God listens to sinners and responds to the repentant ones. That time in Paul's day was "now," and in our time it still is "now." But that time will end. We don't know when, but in God's good time it surely will. See Genesis 6:3; Proverbs 1:24ff; John 9:4. That this day of salvation will come to an end is reason for Paul's timely and impassioned plea. ..... I submit, my friend, that the message of the gospel, which is God's power to save sinners (Romans 1:16), carried by human vessels to a lost world, has a pecking order in God's economy that far surpasses standing on the ground, peering into the sky, and musing and guessing about what may take place in the future of which no one has exact knowledge but God. Why should we not do what we can to carry out Christ's command that He clearly laid down in the Great Commission? And let God "worry about" the future! --Hank | ||||||
2 | Teaching Bible Prophecy | Acts 1:7 | gkidder | 186156 | ||
To bradk and hank You have stated that there needs to be a balance of teaching as far as what is being preached behind the pulpit. But yet the emphasis is on the teaching of salvation. If my interpretation is correct salvation can only be taught by using the teaching of Jesus as the main tool for accomplishing his great commission. The story of his birth, his ministry, his death and resurrection I agree that all this is vitally important knowledge in achieving salvation, but more important is the acceptance that he died on the cross for our sins. That I think we can agree on. But for me personally it was the teaching of end time prophecy that initially brought me to accepting Christ in to my hart. And for people like me who knew of Jesus, but didn’t get it until they herd it preached in a different way they to come to know him and have received salvation. And to go a step farther, there are people who believed in evolution that I have ministered to using the creationist approach (answers in genesis .org) and they have gotten saved. So can’t we agree for the most part that there are many tools and or approaches to be used to bring people to salvation? In our lord and savor creator and next king of our planet, Christ Jesus Tony |
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3 | Teaching Bible Prophecy | Acts 1:7 | BradK | 186158 | ||
Hi Tony, I think my response was due to the perception that you were generalizing. What you seem to be saying is the specific message using prophecy had a very real impact on you. That's great- truly! It may also have an impact upon others as well. I was changed through the hearing of the gospel and conviction by the Holy Spirit! We praise God that Christ is preached. Amen? Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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4 | Teaching Bible Prophecy | Acts 1:7 | gkidder | 186224 | ||
I suppose every one has a story to tell or for a better word a testimony. For some it’s through hearing the gospel of Christ preached, for others it’s through a miracle of healing, and yet for others it’s through a different avenue all together. Weather it be Prophecy, Creation science, or a personal or national crises such as 911. What ever God uses to lift that blinding veil for us to see. All I do personally is plant the seed, the rest is up to God to do the rest. But a balance of teaching is needed to accomplish the basic commandment to go and preach to the world, the entire word of God. Your brother in Christ, Tony |
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