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4041 | Did Jesus die _only_ for the elect | 1 Tim 3:1 | Hank | 13460 | ||
bjanko, you make some good observations, and it seems unconscionable for any Christian to entertain the palest of notions that God is anything but sovereign. We do, however, tread in water over our heads when we presume to read the mind of God with our limited minds, and no better example can be put forth than our pretense to understand fully and precisely all God's plans and purposes, and this would surely encompass the terms election and predestination, about which I know little and understand even less..... I'm not sure your contextual definition of "semi-Pelagianism" squares with the views of Pelagius. He held that man is born with no bias to evil and is capable of freedom from sin and of salvation by works. He taught that man sins because of his environment alone and not at all because of his nature. All of which is, of course, unvarnished heresy. While you and I may have slight variations of viewpoints on the subject of election, neither of which approaches heresy, I think that we are certainly in unison on the belief that God is sovereign. On this note I submit that it is in the best interests, not only of ourselves but of the forum as a whole, to drop the issue and thus not attempt to resurrect a debate over it that raged on and ravaged the forum for many days in the recent past. Thank you for sharing your beliefs, and it is hoped that I will be privileged to engage in further discourse with you, but on a somewhat less controversial subject. --Hank | ||||||
4042 | Did Jesus die _only_ for the elect | 1 Tim 3:1 | Hank | 13454 | ||
bjanko, in view of your statement on election, please look again at John 3:16. The text says "whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." It does not say that Christ is not able to save, it does not diminish the power of God or elevate man's will. It simply stipulates in clear and unequivocal language the fact that, even though the offer of salvation is universal, the sine qua non is belief in Jesus Christ, i.e., the offer must be met with acceptance. Belief, in the biblical sense, involves more than mere intellectual affirmation that Jesus is the Son of God. All are not saved, that is perfectly true. But all are by no means willing to surrender their lives to Christ either. --Hank | ||||||
4043 | Follow up Peter first Pope | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 13451 | ||
Perhaps Norrie said it best when she asked whether Mary Magdalene should have been the first pope, since it was she who saw the Risen Christ first.:-) Pope Mary? or Popess Mary? or is it Mary Poppins? --Hank | ||||||
4044 | Good News Bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 13309 | ||
John, lest you be accused of being too blunt with your words, let me hasten to defend them on the solid grounds that they do indeed speak the truth and the truth needs to be spoken. What you have said in this post applies equally to me and to you and to all other users of the Forum. We simply must write "finis" to our proclivity toward filling the pages of this Forum with post after post that claim knowledge, insight, expertise and biblical didacticism when in fact they are nothing more than thinly disguised efforts to blow smoke in the air. I can think of no way to display my ignorance more baldly than to presume to know something about which I know nothing, or to refuse to yield my poor opinions to those whose opinions are the rich harvest of years of prayer, dedication, study and reflection. And no truer can it be said that a passage of Scripture means what it means and is in no wise dependent upon what it may mean, or not mean, to me. --Hank | ||||||
4045 | Bread Upon Waters ! | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 13240 | ||
I posted ONCE to "KJV Supreme" thread and it came back FOURFOLD! Talk about bread upon waters :-) --Hank | ||||||
4046 | Is the KJV "Supreme"? | Ps 12:6 | Hank | 13238 | ||
Ed, while the King James Bible is a masterful work for which no truly literate person can have anything but the highest regard, it has come to the time in its long and distinguished history when it must consider signing up for a well-deserved retirement.... In a post on this same thread a couple of weeks ago, speaking of the King James I said, "Written in the Jacobean English of its time it is ever-increasingly difficult to understand by the majority of modern readers...the time is approaching when the King James will be unintelligible without special training in the archaic language."....... To add to your difficulties in understanding the passage in Acts, try this one: "Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing." (Ps.5:6)..... or this: "But king Solomon loved many strange women." (1 Kings 11:1)...... and another: "The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas." (Ezekiel 27:25)....... In a language where comfort means strengthen ... suffer means let ... let means prevent ... and prevent means precede, we tread into paths of confusion very quickly with the King James unless we carry a word map under one arm and a good modern translation under the other...... Nevertheless, having said all that, I still maintain that for the sheer beauty and majesty of its prose and the music and meter of its poetry, the King James Bible stands alone. --Hank | ||||||
4047 | Is the KJV "Supreme"? | Ps 12:6 | Hank | 13237 | ||
Ed, while the King James Bible is a masterful work for which no truly literate person can have anything but the highest regard, it has come to the time in its long and distinguished history when it must consider signing up for a well-deserved retirement.... In a post on this same thread a couple of weeks ago, speaking of the King James I said, "Written in the Jacobean English of its time it is ever-increasingly difficult to understand by the majority of modern readers...the time is approaching when the King James will be unintelligible without special training in the archaic language."....... To add to your difficulties in understanding the passage in Acts, try this one: "Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing." (Ps.5:6)..... or this: "But king Solomon loved many strange women." (1 Kings 11:1)...... and another: "The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas." (Ezekiel 27:25)....... In a language where comfort means strengthen ... suffer means let ... let means prevent ... and prevent means precede, we tread into paths of confusion very quickly with the King James unless we carry a word map under one arm and a good modern translation under the other...... Nevertheless, having said all that, I still maintain that for the sheer beauty and majesty of its prose and the music and meter of its poetry, the King James Bible stands alone. --Hank | ||||||
4048 | Is the KJV "Supreme"? | Ps 12:6 | Hank | 13236 | ||
Ed, while the King James Bible is a masterful work for which no truly literate person can have anything but the highest regard, it has come to the time in its long and distinguished history when it must consider signing up for a well-deserved retirement.... In a post on this same thread a couple of weeks ago, speaking of the King James I said, "Written in the Jacobean English of its time it is ever-increasingly difficult to understand by the majority of modern readers...the time is approaching when the King James will be unintelligible without special training in the archaic language."....... To add to your difficulties in understanding the passage in Acts, try this one: "Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing." (Ps.5:6)..... or this: "But king Solomon loved many strange women." (1 Kings 11:1)...... and another: "The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas." (Ezekiel 27:25)....... In a language where comfort means strengthen ... suffer means let ... let means prevent ... and prevent means precede, we tread into paths of confusion very quickly with the King James unless we carry a word map under one arm and a good modern translation under the other...... Nevertheless, having said all that, I still maintain that for the sheer beauty and majesty of its prose and the music and meter of its poetry, the King James Bible stands alone. --Hank | ||||||
4049 | Is the KJV "Supreme"? | Ps 12:6 | Hank | 13235 | ||
Ed, while the King James Bible is a masterful work for which no truly literate person can have anything but the highest regard, it has come to the time in its long and distinguished history when it must consider signing up for a well-deserved retirement.... In a post on this same thread a couple of weeks ago, speaking of the King James I said, "Written in the Jacobean English of its time it is ever-increasingly difficult to understand by the majority of modern readers...the time is approaching when the King James will be unintelligible without special training in the archaic language."....... To add to your difficulties in understanding the passage in Acts, try this one: "Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing." (Ps.5:6)..... or this: "But king Solomon loved many strange women." (1 Kings 11:1)...... and another: "The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas." (Ezekiel 27:25)....... In a language where comfort means strengthen ... suffer means let ... let means prevent ... and prevent means precede, we tread into paths of confusion very quickly with the King James unless we carry a word map under one arm and a good modern translation under the other...... Nevertheless, having said all that, I still maintain that for the sheer beauty and majesty of its prose and the music and meter of its poetry, the King James Bible stands alone. --Hank | ||||||
4050 | Is the KJV "Supreme"? | Ps 12:6 | Hank | 13191 | ||
Ed, thanks ever so much for the advice. In the wake of it, I did check my water as well as my oil. I was running about a quart low on each :-). While I was at it, I checked my battery and found that it, like the forum at times, needed recharging too. --Hank | ||||||
4051 | Is the KJV "Supreme"? | Ps 12:6 | Hank | 13165 | ||
Nolan, thanks be unto thee which posteth a portion thereof from the most noble preface appended unto the 1611 Authorized Version of the Holy Bible, thy posting being number 1611; whereunto lieth a most singular coincidence, so it seemeth.... Even the preface of this Beloved Version hath poetry and grace in the manner in which the words floweth. Wist ye not that this Bible doth richly deserve that men calleth it a rich and sterling translation, yea, even a masterpiece? It hath truly been uttered that this Bible is a noble monument to the English tongue. Manifold are the windows it hath opened and great is the Light that hath shined forth into the hearts of men and women for score upon score of years. The Authorized Version hath been and yet continueth as a pearl without price. --Hank | ||||||
4052 | Follow up second time Peter first Pope | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 13106 | ||
Hello there, There. A little footnote to your glossary of words for reverend and father: The so-called Lord's Prayer is often called the Pater Noster, from the first two words of the prayer in the Vulgate, meaning Our Father..... There, I'm one of the high-paid regulars on the forum but was on vacation when you came aboard. Welcome. --Hank | ||||||
4053 | Who? What? When? Where? How? Why? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 13101 | ||
Of course, John, some of your questions are easier than the others are longer, and harder than shorter, but not as clear as the ones that are more understandable if read in context without annotations. Or, to put it in other words, the answer to Who's on first? is Yes. The majority of Bible scholars go to the Solomon Islands to get wise and become world-class experts. But I'm disappointed you didn't throw in a Bonus Question. I wanted a Bonus Question. Oh, well, guess I'll not get one......But wait -- here's one that maybe will do: Who was Adam's best man and Eve's brides-maid at their wedding? --Hank | ||||||
4054 | Question on spiritual covering? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 13070 | ||
Elijah, since you don't get any of your opinions from the world, from what planet do you get them? --Hank | ||||||
4055 | Evangelicals and Catholics | Rom 3:28 | Hank | 12966 | ||
Brian, I truly thank you for the care and consideration with which you addressed my questions. You stated your views as a member of the Catholic communion with grace and dignity. I'd have responded sooner but have been on vacation. Deo vobiscum. --Hank | ||||||
4056 | Additional Word on Study Bibles | 2 Tim 2:15 | Hank | 11857 | ||
Some time ago I posted a note giving my views on, and reasons for, not cluttering page after page of forum space with long quotations from various study Bibles. As I said then, so say I now, this is a study Bible forum, not a study Bible quotation site. When I see a post with long quotations from various study Bibles, I pass it by. I can read study Bibles in my personal library without having to log on to the forum. --Hank | ||||||
4057 | Is the KJV "Supreme"? | Ps 12:6 | Hank | 11855 | ||
The King James Bible reigned supreme among English translations for nearly four centuries. Only in the last handful of years has the King James lost its position as the best-selling translation in the English language. The reason is not hard to find. Written in the Jacobean English of its time, it is ever-increasingly difficult to understand by the majority of modern readers. Many of its words don't mean the same now as then, its syntax is quiet different from modern English, punctuation is not the same. To get an idea of what the changes in language have done to the King James, go back a few years and try reading Chaucer in the original. No one can read original Chaucer with any real comprehension except specially trained scholars. And so, in like manner, the time is approaching when the King James will be unintelligible without special training in the archaic language. Parts of it are now..... The idea of some of the adherents to the King James only movement that the King James translators were somehow divinely inspired is totally without foundation. And the claim that modern translations and translators are corrupt is utter nonsense. --Hank | ||||||
4058 | A pastor who is there? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 11782 | ||
What you say, Janet, about heaven being really a big "church" makes sense. When all the saints of all the ages are gathered together, it will surely make a sizeable crowd.... While we're still on the Big Church, Little Church theme, I'd like to mention that right in our community are a couple of churches that are withering on the vine. In one of them especially the gospel of Christ is not really being preached, and in both of them there is an air of exclusiveness. They are more like a private club with select members who are happy as they are and don't want any new imposters to upset their status quo..... When a Little Church remains little year after year, there must be a reason. It isn't always the location of the the church building or the demographics of the area surrounding it, though this has been cited as an excuse for not growing. The church we attend, for example, is located near the downtown area and much of the area around it is old and decaying. But the church is large (6,000 members), vibrant, spiritually very much alive, and shows a consistent pattern of growth. Other churches around town enjoy a much more favorable location, but they are stagnant and limping along trying to get their hands on enough money to keep their doors open..... There is always a reason why some churches stay little and why many of them eventually fall apart. And there's a reason why churches become big and continue to flourish and get bigger. And I submit that, no matter whatever other reasons or excuses may be offered, the real reason is that the growing churches are being nourished by the word of God and His Son is being exalted above all things. The puny, limping, dying churches may well be following a different drummer. --Hank | ||||||
4059 | A pastor who is there? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 11733 | ||
On the Big Church vs. Little Church issue, I think it's very unwise to make any generalization. My wife and I were members for years of a Little Church in which Jesus Christ was gradually led quietly to the back door and dismissed. The pastor had all the warmth and enthusiasm of a dead fish. The choir's most joyous anthem sounded more like a funeral dirge. And the petty bickering and quarreling among the church leaders would have made Congress envious..... We now attend a Big Church where the centerpiece is very emphatically Jesus Christ. We have not for a moment regretted making the change. It's as though we came from darkness into light. The size of the church is not the real issue. The issue is this: Is Jesus Christ exalted, is His gospel preached in its fullness and purity, are people being led to Christ in this church? --Hank | ||||||
4060 | Do I have it? | Is 27:11 | Hank | 11709 | ||
Joe, while it's been said that when everyone thinks alike, some of them are not thinking very much. Well, you and I seem to be thinking alike on this issue, and I trust we both think at least a little :-) Really, when I hear people say, "Well, God revealed Himself supernaturally to the Israelies, why can't He do the same for us?" The truth is, of course, that He could reveal Himself as a flame of fire in my wife's cluster of rosebushes in our yard. But so far, He hasn't, and we've just about stopped checking the rosebushes -- just in case He does. God did use various ways to communicate with His people in former times, and this is made abundantly clear in the Old Testament accounts. But then the book of Hebrews begins by saying that "God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son. And it is of this Son, Jesus Christ, whom we learn through the revealed word of the new covenant, what we know familiarly as the New Testament. Thus to claim that we need special, individualized revelation from God to learn His will in our lives is essentially to say that the New Testament is superfluous. The Scriptures are not a collection of books speaking about God. They are the very breath of God speaking to man. When I hear someone wanting a "sign" from God, I'm reminded of the Pharisees wanting a sign from Jesus. God has spoken to us in His Son, and His Son has spoken to us in the His Word. What more do we need? --Hank | ||||||
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