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1 | The excluded man at the feast was saved | Matt 22:11 | Reformer Joe | 29578 | ||
Eagle: I think you may be reading two much into the parable. In a parable (as opposed to an allegory), everything in the story does not represent something else. So when the king uses the term "friend" in the story, we cannot immediately assume that we are referring to a believer. Secondly, the fact is that someone who is a life-long "Carnal Christian" is not a Christian at all. There is no such thing as a Christian that God justifies and then does not gradually sanctify between the time of his conversion and the end of his life. True, our sanctification is not complete until we are in God's presence, but God does not save us into a live of unrepentant sinfulness. God saves us unto good works which glorify him, and they are the marks of a true believer in Christ. I hold that all of the passages referring to the "weeping and gnashing of teeth" refer to hell. There is no reason to think that Jesus would use exactly the same terminology to describe the eternal punishment of hell and an alleged "outer area of heaven. that just doesn't make any sense at all. So I agree with point 3 of your assertion, but reject points one and two, because to be a born-again Christian, repentance is the "flip side of the coin" of our saving faith. --Joe! |
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2 | The excluded man at the feast was saved | Matt 22:11 | Eagle One | 29586 | ||
Greetings Joe, I agree with you that not everything in a parable does not represent something else. And particularly in this parable, the Lord addressed the man as "Friend". The word is hetairos, or clansman, comrade, fellow, friend. Regarding my statement about the man's lack of unselfish good works, we know there are many carnal Christians and I know of no scripture that tells us that all carnal Christians will go to hell. In addition there are many Christians that "walked the walk" for a period of time followed by a "back slidden" period of time. I've known people with this experience and I've been through it myself. I also believe that there are people who love the Lord but live undisciplined lives. Some of them die before they return to a life of walking with the Lord. I was horribly back slidden for many years. By His grace I am once again walking with Him. In any case I appreciate your thoughts. In Him, Eagle One |
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3 | The excluded man at the feast was saved | Matt 22:11 | kalos | 29613 | ||
I am just curious. Could you cite ONE verse of Scripture in the New Testament in which the word "backslide", "backslidden", "backsliding" or "backslider" is used? Does any form of the word backslide appear anywhere in the NT? If so, could you please give the book, chapter and verse where it does. Thank you. | ||||||