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1 | Jesus' Instruction to Nicodemus | John 3:14 | DocTrinsograce | 173946 | ||
Well, Brother Hank, if you ask what 2 plus 2 is enough times, or loudly enough, some folks think they will get some other answer than 4. Theology is a pretty precise science, so when someone asks the exact same thing that Ocelot said in #173868, it shouldn't surprise us if the same answer pops out. Hank, the prophet Ezekiel didn't have a single convert. You can't count the results of holding fast to God's Word by the lack of fruits. Surely a study of Scripture has taught us the futility of measuring things in such naturally human ways. No, we hold fast because we are commanded to do so! Furthermore, Hank, you shouldn't come down so hard on the Arminians for asking those kinds of questions. That is pretty standard fare for them. It's drilled in from the earliest days of Vacation Bible School. Finally, John 3:16 needs parsing because it is capable of being parsed. The necessity of rightly dividing the Scripture built right down deep into the very core of what sola Scriptura means. It drips forth from the doctrine of the verbal plenary inspiration of Scripture. We should never, ever, fear to dig as deeply as possible into every nook and cranny of the Word. In the end, what we find is that it is even more precious than we thought when we only read it in a superficial way. Ergo: Ask me the same question ten times in a row, I'll answer it the same way each time. Peter said to always be ready with an answer to every man that asks you for a reason of the hope in me. (1) He does not advocate a different answer every time, and (2) they are asking for a reason of the hope in me. My sovereign God is the reason for my hope! Thanks for some interesting comments. In Him, Doc |
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2 | Jesus' Instruction to Nicodemus | John 3:14 | Hank | 173947 | ||
You, Doc, have an uncanny way of saying that your correspondents said something that they, in fact, did not say :-) You are saying that I shouldn't come down so hard on the Arminians for asking "those kinds of questions" -- whatever that may mean. Of course, to deny that I came down hard, or soft, or any other way on the Arminians would only trigger more pointless talk, so I opt to take the nearest exit, fold up my tent, and silently steal away. Such foolish argument doesn't set well with this old Ozark mountaineer. We're kinda partial to saying what we mean and meaning what we say. --Hank | ||||||
3 | Jesus' Instruction to Nicodemus | John 3:14 | DocTrinsograce | 173948 | ||
Sorry, sir... I'm sure that my ability to properly interpert Ozarkese is far under par... and I'm equally certain that your skill with language provides insight into my posts of things that never entered this old mind... So I'll humbly just follow you out the door, meekly in tow. | ||||||