Subject: Aren't the elect commanded to repent? |
Bible Note: Dear John, I'd hold your previous post up high as a worthy prototype of what dialogue should be between two Christians who happen to differ somewhat on certain points of doctrine. I liked the spirit of your post, John -- non-divisive, kind, and not offensive or bigoted at all. It was a friendly discourse that went quite well with my first cup of coffee on this fine morning. I don't think you're all wrong in your views and I all right in mine -- there's that word 'all' again! -- but that we both of us, like all men, fall short of perfection: we see through our glass darkly. The only real standard we have by which to chart our course is not what we think or what others may think but what God says in His infallible word. Your fine confession that "The Bible alone is perfect and all-sufficient," is one with which I not only fully concur, but one that will surely lead to unity in the truly vital matters of Christian faith and practice. The Scriptures are the high road that all Christians need travel and will lead, I surely do believe, inexorably to dispell the disunity among Christians that is brought about by false teaching, by doing what is right in their own eyes (cf.Judges 21:25). ... To you, my Christian brother, I extend my hand of fellowship. --Hank |