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1 | Is God omnipotent? | John 3:16 | Hank | 89407 | ||
John Reformed: Some few days ago I vowed to myself that I would never again be a party to any of these dreadfully repetitive debates on Calvinism. Then I read such statements as you continue to make and my resolution takes wings. ..... In a recent post to you I made the statement that I did not consider Calvinism an enemy of Christianity and I stand by that statement. Hyper-Calvinism of the sort that you promote on this forum is another matter, and I do not consider it in such a favorable light at all. I quote from your post #89380 "After all, it is not a foregone conclusion that the jailer was seeking salvation. In fact the narrative seems to say that he was seeking to be saved from the ire of his superiors." Now, John, let's look at what the text actually says and cast from our thoughts what it "seems to say." In Acts 16:30 the jailer asked Paul and Silas, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" In Acts 16:31, they said to him in direct answer to his question, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved." Now, John, if you are right, then Tim is wrong and I am wrong and, most importantly, Paul and Silas were wrong too. The passage doesn't "seem" to say anything. It says it in clear, plain language that a child would be able to understand. ..... You make another curious observation in your post, to wit: "Saving faith is the evidence of regeneration, not its cause." If you are right, Paul and Silas are again mistaken about the sequence. They answered the jailer, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved..." Notice please the order in which they placed the words 'believe' and 'saved.' Now I'm satisfied that you will be able to parse some words, analyze some syntax to suit your purposes, and manage to wiggle your way out of your web in much the same way that you've told us over and over how 'all' doesn't mean 'all' and 'world' in John 3:16 means 'the elect' and all that sort of other fancy dance and nimble foot work with which you have tried to persuade forum members that hyper-Calvinism is the only show in town. I've asked it before and I ask it again, when is enough enough? I've reviewed a large quantity of your posts and discovered that you really haven't said anything new about Calvinism on this forum in two years, more or less, but you have said essentially the same things over and over. If you insist on continuing to post the same things over and over, why not save yourself a lot of unnecessary typing by simply copying your old posts? I really don't think anyone would know the difference. --Hank | ||||||
2 | Is God omnipotent? | John 3:16 | John Reformed | 89417 | ||
He saw the prison-doors open, and supposed, as well he might, that the prisoners had fled; and then what would become of him? He knew the Roman law in that case, and it was executed not long ago upon the keepers out of whose hands Peter escaped, ch. xii. 19. It was according to that of the prophet, 1 Kings xx. 39, 42, Keep this man; if he be missing, thy life shall go for his life. The Roman lawyers after this, in their readings upon the law, De custodia reorum--The custody of criminals (which appoints that the keeper should undergo the same punishment that should have been inflicted on the prisoner if he let him escape), take care to except an escape by miracle. (3.) In his fright he drew his sword, and was going to kill himself, to prevent a more terrible death, and expected one, a pompous ignominious death, which he knew he was liable to for letting his prisoners escape and not looking better to them; and the extraordinarily strict charge which the magistrates gave him concerning Paul and Silas made him conclude they would be very severe upon him if they were gone....Paul stopped him from his proceeding against himself (v. 28): He cried with a loud voice, not only to make him hear, but to make him heed, saying, Do not practise any evil to thyself; Do thyself no harm. All the cautions of the word of God against sin, and all appearances of it and approaches to it, have this tendency, "Do thyself no harm....He is afraid he shall lose his soul, and Paul makes him easy as to this care too. One concern leads him to another, and a much greater; and, being hindered from hastening himself out of this world, he begins to think, if he had pursued his intention, whither death would have brought him, and what would have become of him on the other side death--a very proper thought for such as have been snatched as a brand out of the fire, when there was but a step between them and death. Perhaps the heinousness of the sin he was running into helped to alarm him. I'll bow to the opinion of Matthew Henry on this issue. Your statement "Hyper-Calvinism of the sort that you promote on this forum is another matter, and I do not consider it in such a favorable light at all." betrays your ignorance of the meaning of the term. I consider being called a promoter of Hyper-Calvinism an ad-hominum attack and an insult. Unless you wish to offer evidence or apologize, do not feel compelled to reply. Grace and Peace, John |
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