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1 | Blotted Out If We Reject Him | Rev 3:5 | Morant61 | 171584 | ||
Greetings Jeff! I don't want to drag this topic out, so allow me to finish with this point. There are a lot of assumptions about this topic on both sides of the issue. I assume that a promise NOT blot out a name indicates that a name can in fact be blotted out. There are scriptural references in the OT to names being blotted out. Others asssume that a name cannot be blotted out, even though there is no Scripture that actually says this. I've got to get to bed now my friend! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Blotted Out If We Reject Him | Rev 3:5 | DocTrinsograce | 171587 | ||
Dear Brother Tim, Of course God can blot out a name should He choose. Whether He ever does so or doesn't is entirely up to Him. This is what is meant by the attribute Sovereignty. He is not obligated to do anything, nor is He obligated by human arguments involving "may" and "can." Nor are we obligated to think that every occurrence of the word "blot" or "book" in Scripture is same metaphor. Scripture interprets Scripture. Basing whole theologies (if they can be dignified as such) on a single metaphorical statement without regard to the passage's genre, while ignoring the rest of Scripture and cultural Judaic practices, is exceedingly popular out there in a lot of churches. The sagacity of a hermeneutic principle, however, is not increased by popular concensus. Certainly no one in this thread subscribes to such an approach, regardless of the origins of their theology. Also we may rightly assume that good Christian charity would only ask hypothetical questions for good maieutic purposes, untainted by denominational divisiveness. In Him, Doc |
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