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1 | why was the thief saved without baptism? | Luke 23:43 | DocTrinsograce | 129959 | ||
Hi, Hank... thank you for your posts! I always appreciate them. This one too! I'd put more of my testimony in here, because its pertinent, but it would put some folks with keen sensibilities on here into high dudgeon! Suffice it to say that I've been digging pretty deeply into theology over the last ten years or so. The problem is, of course, as Paul says in I Cor 8:1b "Knowledge puffeth up." Spiritual pride is an awfully damaging sin. "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." The wonderful thing about the doctrines of grace, though, is that they are, necessarily, awesomely humbling. They kick the pins out from any prideful attitudes of the heart. They keep us focused on our only source of hope! Additionally, of course, you find that no matter how much you study and read, there is still more to study and read. (Karen and I are both taking theology courses this fall!) Its an exciting and delightful process -- at least most of the time -- exchanging the lie in my head for the truth in Him. One thing that seems to come up constantly for me is how the gospel is incredibly comprehensive, far more than simply fundamental. I think I had quoted a pastor friend of mine elsewhere in this forum. He said, "The gospel is not the ABCs of our faith, rather it is the A through Z of our faith." Anyway... thanks again for your participation in the forum. |
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2 | why was the thief saved without baptism? | Luke 23:43 | Hank | 129961 | ||
Doc, it's good to learn that you and Karen have plans to dig deeper into Scripture. Perhaps you will be encouraged by the following quote excerpted from one of Spurgeon's sermons: "Many books in my library are now behind me and beneath me; I read them years ago, with considerable pleasure; I have read them since with disappointment; I shall never read them again. They were good in their way once, and so were the clothes I wore when I was ten years old -- but I have outgrown them. Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years. The deeper you dig into Scripture, the more you find that it is a great abyss of truth." ........ Indeed, as your pastor friend observed, the gospel is the A to Z of our faith. But, alas, in far too many watered-down, pale versions of the gospel that are popular in our time, the gamut of genuine gospel teaching runs all the way from A to B. --Hank | ||||||