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NASB | Psalm 19:1 The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 19:1 The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And the expanse [of heaven] is declaring the work of His hands. [Rom 1:20, 21] |
Subject: special revelation vs general revelation |
Bible Note: "We need to be careful of what we say about our brothers and sisters, we will be judged for it." --from your post No. 89181. ..... Tim, where does Scripture say that Christians will be judged for reproving and rebuking false teaching and false teachers? Just how "careful" were Paul and other apostles about soft-peddling error and corruption in the church? For that matter, how compromising was Jesus in dealing with false teachers? Have you read anything about the vigor and forcefulness with which Charles H. Spurgeon opposed modernism and the apostasy that it brought to the Baptist Union of England in his day? No, Tim, Christians who love the faith once and for all delivered to the saints are not to be careful lest they offend. They are not to be spineless, namby-pamby, weak, apathetic, and ineffectual, craven and ignorant little wimps hiding in the shadows, ashamed of the gospel of Christ, bent on condoning error and deception. They try to rationalize their hypocrisy by calling it Christian charity and tolerance. The seminal cause of many church groups floundering today in man-centered theology can be traced to the failure of professing Christians to stand up for orthodox teaching and practice. The corrupting interlopers had free play simply because there was no one who had the guts to oppose them and put an end to their ungodly secularism and socinianism. When man began to introduce theological concepts that robbed God of his sovereignty and placed man in control of his own destiny, much of biblical Christianity began a slow, steady disintegration into a devilish mixture of cults, false teaching and heresy. Much has been said on this forum about the so-called Word of Faith movement, one characteristic of which that is widely advertised by its practitioners is expressed in the silly slogan, "Name it and claim it." Name the blessing or whatever that God "owes" us and claim it. Since when has God ever empowered man to put Him in the dock and force Him to do anything? This is Heresy with a capital H. What is sad is that disciples of the false teachers are not bashful to come forth to condemn orthodox evangelicals, frequently tagging them as practicing legalism because they adhere to sola scriptura and thus don't look for any special favors from God such as a private and extra-biblical sign or special revelation. The truly regenerate believer is amazed at the grace that God has already given in the redemptive work of His Son on the cross. That mighty act of God alone is sufficient. And the word of God is complete, thoroughly furnishing us unto every good work, and needs no supplementation save for the guidance of the redeemed reader by the illumination of the Holy Spirit The charlatans often accuse the orthodox Christian of being too concerned about the "letter" (the written word of Scripture) and not being "Spirit-filled." I'm aware that there exist differences in ideas of just what "Spirit-filled" means, but frankly I don't know of a regenerated believer of the "old school" -- and I'm talking about orthodox, biblical theology -- who does not embrace the biblical teaching that ALL truly regenerated believers receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, which is to say, the indwelling of the Spirit of God at the very moment of his regeneration. Without the work of the Holy Spirit, salvation can never take place. --Hank |