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1 | Nothing but the Blood of Jesus | Eph 2:13 | meta | 234891 | ||
Those are fine arguments Doc. I still feel that the fact that these people were evangelicals is irrelevant and therefore unecessary in making your point. I see no benefit. I do agree that Jesus himself said that he came not to bring peace but a sword Mat 10:34 There is no scriptural basis and no argument for unecessarily categorising the people that were in error here. It is a human practice that is not bliblical but comes from our sin nature. If there were some distiction as to what type of fallen creatures we are that make such mistakes I cannot see it. I definitly do not subscribe to peace or unity at any price. However I fail to see a price here. We are in fact to make an effort to preserve unity. Eph 4:3 being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Let me reiterate. If there were a benefit. If it helped to reveal truth or enlighten us then I do not suggest we hide truth to protect anyone. Again that is not the case. It is a useless fact that they were evangelicals. You have so much wisdom and I am on your side (another irrelevant fact) about the atonement issue. If we are to judge ourselves first then I suggest you do just that. Why not ask The Lord what He would say concerning this issue? Blessings in Christ Meta |
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2 | Nothing but the Blood of Jesus | Eph 2:13 | DocTrinsograce | 234892 | ||
Hi, Meta... Our feelings about orthodoxy/orthopraxy are not of any persuasive value. We live by the Word, not our emotions. What is even less persuasive are scripture citations that are out of context. You may disagree with Ryle and Dever, but you will need to argue with a right handling of the Word in order to change an opinion. Indeed, mishandling the Word is worse than failing to use the Word at all. On the other hand, you will find a lot more folks to be unified with that way. :-) A good place to start relative to Ephesians 4 is to understand the doctrine in the first three chapters of Ephesians. Then look again at the imperatives of Ephesians 4 in the context of the purposes and means provided explicitly in that chapter. As the old aphorism goes, "Every text without a context is a pretext." In Him, Doc |
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