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1 | Why does God love the world (us)? | Genesis | Hank | 59414 | ||
Hello, Meredith. Being, as I am, a simple man with an honest but unsophisticated approach to semantics, it often occurs to me that more frequently perhaps than we realize, some of our problems with misunderstanding one another, especially in the areas of complex concepts such as predestination, lie in the usage of words such as this without having a clear, firm grasp of their exact meaning. Now this is not to accuse you of this practice -- not in the least -- but rather to ask you, and others who would care to, to define with as much precision as you can muster what you mean when you use the word predestination and, perhaps, its close cousin, the word election. And of course I would add the sine qua non that these definitions, to be valid, ought indeed to be in harmony with the contexts in which Scripture uses these words. --Hank | ||||||
2 | Why does God love the world (us)? | Genesis | kalos | 59420 | ||
Hank: [Note: I am not saying here that any of the problems I mention pertain to Meredith. I merely offer some general observations on the subject of defining our terms.] Thank you, Hank, for sharing with us your thoughts on the need to give precise definitions of the key words and terms we use. What is one to do when he defines terms using Webster's, Strong's, or the Bible itself, only to be told that Webster's definition is in error; Strong's is wrong; or the Bible definition is inadequate and incomplete (for example, where 1 Cor 15:1-4 gives a clear and plain definition of the gospel)? Anyone who cannot or will not come to an agreement as to the definition of basic terms is hardly ready to defend his position or debate the question. On the other hand, it's pretty hard for an individual to be wrong if he himself makes up the definitions as he goes along. Grace to you and to Meredith, kalos |
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