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1 | Church Age? | Acts 2:17 | reformedreader | 4014 | ||
JVH0212, Thank you for joining this discussion and I'm sure you know I will request the reference for the sake of any misunderstanding of either what scripture is being used and how it is being interpreted. Your statement about restricting the church as to being only from Pentecost (Acts 2) until the Rapture involves several troubling areas. First of all, there is an assumption that you are referring to the dispensational doctrine of the rapture. If this is so, then the church does not exist afterward (to dispensationalists). This is assuming that dispensational theology is absolutely correct on this doctrine and has no possibility of being in error. The (dispensational) millennium will not have any saints in it or at least none that can be called the body of Christ. If not, then where does the New Testament treat these Christians as being different (and how) than any other Christian of any time period? In fact, dispensationalism wants to create a multiplicity of divisions of those who are saved. It first wants to divide Old Covenant Saints from New Covenant Saints, then it divides pre-rapture Saints from tribulation Saints, then divides millenial Saints from all other Saints and without a single shred of scriptural evidence to justify doing so. This would also exclude Abraham, the father of faith of all those found in Christ (who are also known as "the body of Christ"). How would one exclude him from being in the body of Christ but at the same time include him to be in Christ? Are we not all in the body of Christ because we are all in Christ? Can any of us be in Christ and not be in the "body of Christ" which is His church? Also, nowhere in the second chapter of the Acts does Luke make any explicit or implicit statements that would lead us to a logical conclusion that only those saved at this period of time comprise the church (body) of Christ. There are no corresponding verses anywhere in the New Testament that would support such a view. I look forward to hearing you answer. Sam Hughey |
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2 | Church Age? | Acts 2:17 | kalos | 4021 | ||
I'm not arguing all that -- what you pointed out in your posting. My original comment merely cited the common definition of the church ("body of Christ"). I didn't say I agreed or disagreed with it. | ||||||
3 | Church Age? | Acts 2:17 | reformedreader | 4028 | ||
JVH0212, And I agree that it is cited as the most common definition of the church ("body of Christ") and I also agree that it "is" the biblical definition of the church ("body of Christ"). My apology for misunderstanding your intent. Sam Hughey |
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4 | Church Age? | Acts 2:17 | kalos | 4031 | ||
My dear friend: No need to apologize really. I wasn't offended. Thank you for your reply. My original intent in my posting, "The church is commonly defined as being...", was not to enter the debate. It was merely to define terms, to add a bit of clarification or background information. Respectfully yours, JHV0212 | ||||||