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1 | What/Who | Matt 25:30 | Moby Dick | 114933 | ||
When you check out the bible, what do you think is being said here? Please give me the specific"experts" to whom you are referring. Thanks |
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2 | What/Who | Matt 25:30 | Searcher56 | 114936 | ||
Scripture ... Matthew 24-25 .................... If you read what my profile says, you know what I think about "experts. It doesn't matter if all of them agree ... I do not. The context of this is Matthew 24-25, where there are two groups together - some going with the Lord, others don't. The latter group are not - never have been Christians. |
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3 | What/Who | Matt 25:30 | Just Read Mark | 114959 | ||
Seeing myself cast out. I know I am a Christian; I can be confident in what Christ has done for me. Still, reading these parables in Matthew is chilling. Too often, I behave like those who are cast out. There is the tension between being saved by faith, and having the vitality of faith to take daily risks for the Lord. "Faith without works is dead..." Searcher - your response seems to say that, if we are believers, we have little to fear from these parables. I don't think our salvation-security should shield us from the point Jesus is clearly making: be vigilent, and serve, or else.... It is also interesting to ponder how Jesus' first hearers might have heard these parables -- without the theology of Paul and the knowledge of the cross. It is also interesting to look at Matthew 7:22 -- where people who believe enough to call Jesus Lord are still rejected for their lawlessness. We might dismiss their apeal to the "Lord" as ingenuine --- but then, perhaps we are being smug. Do we dismiss Christ's parables, saying "these warnings don't apply to Christians like me"? Yours, JRM. |
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4 | What/Who | Matt 25:30 | Searcher56 | 114963 | ||
There are people who think they are Christians - they have been misguided, and have never checked the Bible out ... even centuries and generations of being misguided (tradition) - those who misguide probably know the truth and want others (trends - cults) - then there are those who know they are not Christian - but have a good front |
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5 | What/Who | Matt 25:30 | Just Read Mark | 115062 | ||
Sure. I agree with all that you've said. But my question is: how do you, as a believer, respond to Jesus' parable? What do you learn from the banished servant? | ||||||
6 | What/Who | Matt 25:30 | Searcher56 | 115090 | ||
I think the banished servant in Matthew 25:30 is not a Christian. | ||||||