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281 | Can you lose your salvation? | Eph 1:13 | Wild Olive Shoot | 187872 | ||
Tim, I better understand shift of the subject and do agree we need to be clear in supporting what we post. Please see post 187871. I value your input as well and would like your thoughts. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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282 | Can you lose your salvation? | Eph 1:13 | Wild Olive Shoot | 187871 | ||
Mark, Although I don't necessarily want to engage in a discussion where you and I don't see eye to eye, only because I respect your opinion and truly take in all you post as well with Tim, I think Psalm25 is correct if the issue is an eternal issue. Although, I don't believe Psalm25 wanted to take the discussion there. In light of what you and Tim have posted I see the point as far as using the text incorrectly to support a position and I understand the responsibility to correct a wrong understanding. However I don't feel that is the case here. If God seals someone today, is that sealing really eternal? Wouldn’t it rather be continuous from that point? Eternal describes all ages, not just from the present and forward, but all ages. According to 2 Timothy 1:9, who saved us and when? 2Timothy 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, “which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began; it is a gift, and a free gift, not at all depending upon any conditions in the creature, and entirely proceeding from the sovereign will of God; and it was a gift from eternity; there was not only a purpose of grace in God's heart, and a promise of it so early, but there was a real donation of it in eternity: and though those to whom it was given did not then personally exist, yet Christ did, and he existed as a covenant head and representative of his people; and they were in him, as members of him, as represented by him, being united to him; and this grace was given to him for them, and to them in him; in whom they were chosen, and in whom they were blessed with all spiritual blessings. The Ethiopic version reads, "in Christ Jesus, who before the world was"; but without any foundation.” – John Gill Romans 4:17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. Romans 8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. Ephesians 1:4, 5: 4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, John 17:2,3: 2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. What is eternal life if it is not eternal? Eternal as used in John 17:2: perpetual (also used of past time, or past and future as well): - eternal, for ever, everlasting, world (began). Titus 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; God promised eternal life before the world began. Do you not think God made the promise actual at that point? He chose us in him before the foundation of the world. Who was the promise for if it wasn’t for those he chose before the foundation of the world? Stand in His grace, WOS |
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283 | Can you lose your salvation? | Eph 1:13 | Wild Olive Shoot | 187863 | ||
You’ve strayed from the question. The original question to which Psalm25 responded and answered correctly was “can we loose our salvation?”. The answer is no. Why do you have to throw the timing issue into it? When we are sealed was not part of the original question and all that has been accomplished by its upbringing is to move away from the subject at hand which again is, can we loose our salvation. We understand your position and since nobody else will, I’ll respectfully request you quit pushing it. In the short two years I’ve been around on this forum, it has been discussed many times and each time it ends in the same fashion. Eternal security after all was the question, so why you don’t want to discuss it, as you posted you weren’t, is hard for me to understand. If you want to discuss the sovereignty of God and how we think we can override his reign, maybe you should start another post. That’s a topic I would love to discuss with the forum. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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284 | Jesus' thoughts on child abuse | Matt 18:6 | Wild Olive Shoot | 187622 | ||
The reason for being so “precise” as you state it, is simply because it is the Word of God. You can twist it a little here, and twist it a little there and then try to rationalize why it has been twisted, but in the end, you still misuse the Word of God when you imply it means something it does not. Albert Barnes notes the following as one of many ways the Word of God is adulterated and corrupted. He makes a most excellent point. “By attempting to make the facts of Scripture accord with the prevalent notions of philosophy, and by applying a mode of interpretation to the Bible which would fritter away its meaning, and make it mean anything or nothing at pleasure. In these, and in various other ways, people have corrupted the Word of God; and of all the evils which Christianity has ever sustained in this world, the worst have been those which it has received from philosophy, and from those teachers who have corrupted the Word of God.” To force a verse or verses to mean something it or they do not or to imply they indicate something they don’t is to lessen the Scripture. That can be harmful to another in many ways. What you are trying to do with the verse, interpret to be something it is not and apply it wrongly, is more in tune to what the verse speaks against. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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285 | Jesus' thoughts on child abuse | Matt 18:6 | Wild Olive Shoot | 187534 | ||
Look up the Greek for offend used in this verse. Or take it however seems appropriate, seems to be a lot of that lately anyhow. WOS |
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286 | Jesus' thoughts on child abuse | Matt 18:6 | Wild Olive Shoot | 187518 | ||
The verse speaks more of enticing someone to sin, not necessarily hurting them physically. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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287 | God grant repentance? | Gal 3:23 | Wild Olive Shoot | 187506 | ||
The Gospel is hid to those who are lost. They are under the influence and power of the devil. Who among us has power over the devil that would make him relinquish his hold on the lost? To answer my own question: none but Christ. Until we are enabled by God to hear the Gospel and see it for the light it truly is, we cannot and will not hear for darkness has hold of us and we have not the ability to lift the veil on our own accord. 2Corinthians 4:2-4: 2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. 3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. Lest the light shine unto them… God has to act upon us or we will continue in darkness. In that darkness, how would you see the need to repent? Stand in His grace, WOS |
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288 | God grant repentance? | Gal 3:23 | Wild Olive Shoot | 187465 | ||
Some additional commentary you may find interesting. “If God, peradventure, will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. Observe, (1.) Repentance is God's gift. (2.) It is a gift with a peradventure in the case of those who oppose themselves; and therefore, though we are not to despair of the grace of God, yet we must take heed of presuming upon it. To the acknowledging of the truth. (3.) The same God who gives us the discovery of the truth does by his grace bring us to the acknowledging of it, otherwise our hearts would continue in rebellion against it, for we are to confess with our mouths as well as to believe with our hearts, Rom_10:9, Rom_10:10. And thus sinners recover themselves out of the snare of the devil;” – Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 2:25 “If God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth: repentance here designs a repentance of errors in principle, a change of mind upon conviction, and such as issues in a free and ingenuous confession, and acknowledgment of the truth before opposed; and such a repentance is the gift of God: it is he that opens the eyes of the understanding, and works conviction in the mind, and leads into all truth, as it is in Jesus; and induces men to repent of their errors, confess their mistakes, and own the truth; even as repentance of evil practices is not owing to the power of men, nor to the bare influence of means, but to the efficacious grace of God, it being a grant from him.” – John Gill on 2 Timothy 2:25 “for to give repentance to Israel; to the Israel whom God has chosen for himself, and Christ has redeemed by his blood, and whom the Spirit calls by his graee: these being sinners, as well as others, stand in need of repentance; and whereas this is not in any man's power, but is the free gift of God's grace; for though he should give men time and space to repent, and afford them the means of it, yet if he does not give them grace to repent, they never will, such is the hardness of man's heart; Christ is appointed to give this grace to the chosen ones, which he does by sending his Spirit to convince of sin, and to take away the stony heart, and give an heart of flesh:” - John Gill on Acts 5:31 Stand in His grace, WOS |
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289 | Why Election | Eph 1:5 | Wild Olive Shoot | 187418 | ||
“According to the good pleasure of his will - The word rendered “good pleasure” - (eudokia) - means “a being well pleased;” delight in anything, favor, good-will.” … …”Then it denotes purpose, or will, the idea of benevolence being included - Robinson.”… …”The evident object of the apostle is to state why God chose the heirs of salvation. It was done as it seemed good to him in the circumstances of the case. It was not that man had any control over him, or that man was consulted in the determination, or that it was based on the good works of man, real or foreseen. But we are not to suppose that there were no good reasons for what he has thus done. Convicts are frequently pardoned by an executive. He does it according to his own will, or as seems good in his sight. He is to be the judge, and no one has a right to control him in doing it. It may seem to be entirely arbitrary. The executive may not have communicated the reasons why he did it, either to those who are pardoned, or to the other prisoners, or to anyone else. But we are not to infer that there was no “reason” for doing it. If he is a wise magistrate, and worthy of his station, it is to be presumed that there were reasons which, if known, would be satisfactory to all. But those reasons he is under no obligations to make known. Indeed, it might be improper that they should be known. Of that he is the best judge. Meantime, however, we may see what would be the effect in those who were not forgiven. It would excite, very likely, their hatred, and they would charge him with partiality or with tyranny. But they should remember that whoever might be pardoned, and on whatever ground it might be done, they could not complain. They would suffer no more than they deserve. But what if, when the act of pardon was made known to one part, it was offered to the others also on certain plain and easy conditions? Suppose it should appear that while the executive meant, for wise but concealed reasons, to forgive a part, he had also determined to offer forgiveness to all. And suppose that they were in fact disposed in the highest degree to neglect it, and that no inducements or arguments could prevail on them to accept of it. Who then could blame the executive? Now this is about the case in regard to God, and the doctrine of election. All people were guilty and condemned. For wise reasons, which God has not communicated to us, he determined to bring a portion at least of the human race to salvation. This he did not intend to leave to chance and hap-hazard. He saw that all would of themselves reject the offer, and that unless some efficient means were used, the blood of the atonement would be shed in vain. He did not make known to people who they were that he meant to save, nor the reason why they particularly were to be brought to heaven. Meantime he meant to make the offer universal; to make the terms as easy as possible, and thus to take away every ground of complaint. If people will not accept of pardon; if they prefer their sins; if nothing can induce them to come and be saved, why should they complain? If the doors of a prison are open, and the chains of the prisoners are knocked off, and they will not come out, why should they complain that others are in fact willing to come out and be saved? Let it be borne in mind that the purposes of God correspond exactly to facts as they actually occur, and much of the difficulty is taken away. If in the facts there is no just ground of complaint, there can be none, because it was the “intention of God that the facts should be so.”” Albert Barnes Notes on the Bible / Ephesians 1:5. I thought the above comments were very insightful when considering the question why God chooses some and not others. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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290 | john 8 when he bent down and wrote with | John 8:8 | Wild Olive Shoot | 187012 | ||
Scripture doesn’t inform us, therefore, we don’t know. I will add, that if it were something God wanted us to know, He would have informed us. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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291 | Would Adam and Eve have fallen? | Gen 3:13 | Wild Olive Shoot | 186995 | ||
Dear Brian, If God calls, there is not a man who can resist, or resist for long. Kind of puts us in charge of things rather than the sovereign Lord if we could now doesn’t it? God’s calling is an effectual calling. Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: "If God should choose this morning to call the hardest-hearted wretch within hearing of the gospel, he must obey. Let God call—a man may resist, but he cannot resist effectually. Down thou shalt come, sinner, if God cries down; there is no standing when he would have thee fall. And mark, every man that is saved, is always saved by an overcoming call which he cannot withstand; he may resist it for a time, but he cannot resist so as to overcome it, he must give way, he must yield when God speaks. If he says, "Let there be light," the impenetrable darkness gives way to light; if he says, "Let there be grace," unutterable sin gives way, and the hardest-hearted sinner melts before the fire of effectual calling." C. H. Spurgeon Stand in His grace, WOS |
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292 | Is interracial marriage wrong? | Ruth 4:13 | Wild Olive Shoot | 186979 | ||
Dear ilv4hm, 2Corinthians 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? Galatians 3:26-28: 26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. "It is lawful for all sorts of people to marry, who are able with judgment to give their consent. Yet it is the duty of Christians to marry only in the Lord." - Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 24, Of Marriage and Divorce. Stand in His Grace, WOS |
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293 | Would Adam and Eve have fallen? | Gen 3:13 | Wild Olive Shoot | 186975 | ||
Dear Brian, we have the abililty to choose God? Really??? What man, without God's acting upon him would even consider choosing God? Romans 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. John 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. Titus 3:3-5: 3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Stand in His grace, WOS |
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294 | Why is it not relevant today? | Matt 12:31 | Wild Olive Shoot | 186893 | ||
Hi Mark, nice to hear from you. I consider blaspheming the Holy Ghost to be much broader than just the act of vilifying, but in context here, I wholeheartedly agree with you. It was meant as vilifying the acts performed by Christ as not being attributable to God, but of the devil. Matthew 12:32 really does drive that point home I guess. You can speak against the man, his human nature, and be forgiven. But to claim the miraculous power displayed in His divinity was anything less than divine will not be pardonable. For by claiming that, you deny who Christ was and is. But I do think that this is relevant today as there are many that make the ignorant claim that Christ was simply a magician or illusionist and deceived those who witnessed His acts. To simply lessen His divinity is blasphemous regardless of whether or not the claimed intentions were meant to apply Christ’s power to the devil or used to reject His divinity and claim otherwise. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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295 | Why is it not relevant today? | Matt 12:31 | Wild Olive Shoot | 186872 | ||
Hi Jeff, I’d like to add a bit to this discussion. Regarding, “The argument continues that because our Lord has ascended and it is impossible for any to witness Jesus the man perform a miracle, it is impossible to commit blasphemy of the Holy Spirit in our time.” I’d like to point out the fact that although we do not have a direct eyewitness ourselves, we have the witness of those who did. John 15:27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. Acts 5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him. 1John 1:1-3: 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 2Peter 1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 2Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: Hebrews 10:15,16: 15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, 16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; Personally, I don’t know the answer fully either but I do agree with what you stated: “but I don't agree that it was only possible for those pharisees based on the fact that Christ "directly addressed" them or they were the ones in that specific event who made the accusation.” Rejecting the God inspired testimony of the Christ (and what He did) seems really similar to blaspheming the Holy Spirit since it is the Spirit that bears witness in God’s Word. Just some thoughts. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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296 | body piercings and why not | Lev 19:28 | Wild Olive Shoot | 186034 | ||
1Corinthians 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. Dear Drew Boy, please explain to the Forum how it is that body piercing brings Glory to God and not necessarily used for promoting one’s own pursuit of a self-indulgent public promotion? We do things for arguably two reasons only, for the glory of God or for our own vainglory. The latter of which is the only logical explanation for body piercing, at least in this man’s opinion. The fact of the matter is if “new-born” Christians are walking away from God as you state, I question that they were reborn to begin with. Love for Christ is not self-indulgent but rather self-sacrificing. Love of Christ will have you wanting God to have all the Glory as He rightfully and truly deserves. Your convictions should stem from that love. Quite honestly, if you shove the love of Jesus down someone’s throat, I would expect him or her to choke and die due to its unimaginable size. I would rather God change a person’s heart than make them try to swallow a love of which they can hardly grasp its size. Just my opinion. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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297 | HasFaith is given to all universally? | Bible general Archive 3 | Wild Olive Shoot | 185443 | ||
Hi John, My two cents worth... Sounds like you may be confusing common sense with moral values. Logically, if you stick "my" hand in the fire, you know that “I'll” get burned, common sense right? What is it that keeps you from wanting to put my hand in the fire? Common sense doesn't inform me that something is evil or bad, my moral values do. Common sense simply allows me to apply logic to determine a possible outcome. Moral values allow me to apply logic to prevent an undesirable outcome involving guilt or shame. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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298 | 2 Greatest Commandments - New Testament | Matt 22:36 | Wild Olive Shoot | 185086 | ||
Hello RVWesley45, Here is your reference. Matthew 22:36 – 40: 36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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299 | What was reason for the virgin birth? | Matt 4:1 | Wild Olive Shoot | 184935 | ||
Stjohn, You pose the question, in part: “Why was it a Virgin birth?” Because that is what the Lord decreed brother. Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. “It was requisite that is conception should be otherwise than by ordinary generation, that so, so though he partook of the human nature, yet he might escape the corruption and pollution of it, and not be conceived and shapen in iniquity.” – Matthew Henry Stand in His grace, WOS |
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300 | EXPLAIN MATTHEW 24 VS. 1-10 | Matt 24:1 | Wild Olive Shoot | 184877 | ||
Okay coper, I’ think I do owe you an answer in hopes of alleviating your frustration. Know this, I was not attempting to refute or debate when I originally posted, my hopes were that this subject which has seemingly been going for some time now, would be deferred at least for a while. Simply because the discussions I have followed and read were not undertaken as much in an edifying manner as they were a biased forceful manner. But I’m in no position to make that assertion so I apologize and will properly render my response to you. Also know this, it not necessarily an area I want to debate. I’m answering only because I think it proper per your request. You’ve asked the following: Q1. “Why is it so unreasonable to believe that Jesus was speaking directly to His disciples about things that would occur in their lifetime when He used the word "you" so many times throughout the Olivet Discourse?” A1. If you look at the text, “you” wasn’t the only term referred to many times. He warned of many times the fact that there would be many who claimed He already came. My main problem with your position is based on the fact that you read into the first part of the Olivet Discourse as literal, so long as it supports your position, and then as soon as it doesn’t, you spiritualize the text to make it fit the rest. What prompts you to suddenly change your interpretation at some mid-point? I’m not a scholar, but logically, I can deduce that if Scripture doesn’t call for the change in interpretation, we shouldn’t apply it. The fact is you “have” to spiritualize what hasn’t been fulfilled to the eye in order for your opinion to make sense such as the judgment of the wicked, Matthew 24:40 and so forth. The parables subsequent also show that there would be a somewhat lengthy return if understood properly. Q2. “When compared to James 5:7-9 written between 50AD-60AD isn't a near to them coming the only logical, normative way to understand it?” A2. I see James indicating that no matter the times, we aught to be living in a state of expectancy. Where are our hearts if we do not? If Christ’s return isn’t considered imminent, where do we stand? I suppose we don’t stand simply because we have not the fear of impending judgment nor the hope of relief when Christ does return. We should be patient under our trials, long suffering, as the example put forth is that of Job. Q3. “Again, couldn't this be the reason that Peter, James, John (and even Paul), would teach their audiences that the coming of Christ was near?” A3. It is always near brother and with each passing day it is more so. They as well as we are taught to be ready for it. Scripture also informs us that Christ’s return was already in question and the Apostles had to put down the heresy that had already crept in. 2Timothy 2:16 – 18 Jesus when speaking of his return, did so in a manner that informs us that it will be visible, not spiritual or invisibly. You can’t properly explain and show for fact that all of the discourse concerning His return has taken place and been visible. Let God fulfill His prophecies on His own time. Forcing them in to a context so they can be understood more easily to suit us, is simply handling the Word in a careless manner. Matthew 24:34, 35: 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. “1. Christ here assures us of the certainty of them (Mat_24:35); Heaven and earth shall pass away; they continue this day indeed, according to God's ordinance, but they shall not continue for ever (Psa_102:25, Psa_102:26; 2Pe_3:10); but my words shall not pass away. Note, The word of Christ is more sure and lasting than heaven and earth. Hath he spoken? And shall he not do it? We may build with more assurance upon the word of Christ than we can upon the pillars of heaven, or the strong foundations of the earth; for, when they shall be made to tremble and totter, and shall be no more, the word of Christ shall remain, and be in full force, power, and virtue. See 1Pe_1:24, 1Pe_1:25. It is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than the word of Christ; so it is expressed, Luk_16:17. Compare Isa_54:10. The accomplishment of these prophecies might seem to be delayed, and intervening events might seem to disagree with them, but do not think that therefore the word of Christ is fallen to the ground, for that shall never pass away: though it be not fulfilled, either in the time or in the way that we have prescribed; yet, in God's time, which is the best time, and in God's way, which is the best way, it shall certainly be fulfilled. Every word of Christ is very pure, and therefore very sure.” – Matthew Henry Stand in His grace, WOS |
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