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1 | Prove all things hold fast to the good.. | 1 Cor 15:1 | goodnewsminister | 86246 | ||
Dear John Reformed, I thank you for your concern and for your kind, Christian comments. I truly LOVE all of you dear, precious people on this board, this is why I came here to proclaim the GOOD NEWS, in stark contrast to the BAD NEWS that many of you have been taught to believe by your churches. Let's proceed with an examination of your post. You start off saying,"The "good news" of the gospel begins with the bad news that mankind, apart from faith in Christ is doomed to hellfire!" Yes, in your very next breath, you quote a verse that is diametrically opposed to the point your just made, let us READ WHAT IT SAYS, Matt 10:28 "Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell." Yes, fear Him, God, Who IS ABLE, to DESTROY [not preserve alive, but to utterly destroy] BOTH soul [hum? I thought it was IMMORTAL? Guess not!] and body in HELL! Yes, God is ABLE to DO what you have been misTaught namely, He CAN and WILL DESTORY, not preserve alive, BOTH soul and body in HELL! The Greek word used here is Gehenna, the Jews to whom our Lord was speaking knew where this place was, as it was a reference to the Valley of Hinnom just outside of Jerusalem's walls where the dead carcasses of condemn criminals and the trash of the city was thrown and to which fire and brimstone were added to keep the flames burning and whatever the fire did not DESTROY, the maggot ate for food. They well knew that this represented UTTER and EVERLASTING DESTRUCTION, as the one's thrown there were UNFIT for a memorial tomb, symbolic of their not being worthy of a burial tomb because they were thought to be unworthy of a resurrection. Another verse that you quote brings up another subject: "I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I HAVE COMPASSION" - Precisely correct! Yes, this very verse that you quote shows us that "...He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires." Yes, our loving God has mercy on those Whom He chooses to have mercy, and He HARDENS those whom he chooses to harden, for his Name sake! However, you're belief in a place of eternal torment, where people who do not KNOW GOD and/or reject His Son go to spend all of eternity when perhaps it was God HIMSELF who harden their hearts so that they WOULD NOT SEE! So you're beliefs blaspheme the very GOD you proclaim to worship by saying that HE HARDENS those whom He chooses just so HE can roast them in HELLFIRE for all eternity through NO FAULT of their own! Such is the SUM of blasphemy! Such fowl doctrine comes from only ONE PLACE, ONE SOURCE, ONE PERSONAGE, namely, Satan the Devil, the 'god of this world', 'who hath blinded the MINDS of them which believe NOT' lest the glorious gospel about Christ should shine unto them. Such is the sum of Calvinism, the damnable heresy of John Calvin the Reformer. Yes, such doctrines does not line up with other Scriptures that state that," 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Yes, our God desires that ALL come to repentence and faith in His dear Son, and that NONE should perish. I think you have not been able to comprehend 'election' and 'free grace', as there is a difference and the Bible does have the answer on how these exist harmoniously together. We worship not a demon-god, but the God of all Creation! Praise be to His Name! The GOOD NEWS MINISTER! |
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2 | Prove all things hold fast to the good.. | 1 Cor 15:1 | John Reformed | 86253 | ||
Friend, I see no further point in pursuing our conversation. I believe that you are in error and that your doctrines are heretical. I wish you no ill and bear no grudge. Perhaps God will grant you repentence. I pray that He will. John Reformed |
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3 | Prove all things hold fast to the good.. | 1 Cor 15:1 | goodnewsminister | 86465 | ||
Dear John, I understand and I appreciate your expressions of Christian love and concern for me. I have truly enjoyed our discussions together. Peace I leave you, His peace. In Him awaiting the Coming Kingdom, The GOOD NEWS MINISTER |
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