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NASB | Matthew 12:31 ¶ "Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 12:31 ¶ "Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy [every evil, abusive, injurious speaking, or indignity against sacred things] will be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the [Holy] Spirit will not be forgiven. |
Subject: Heb 6:4-6 |
Bible Note: God's-elect - The subject was brought up on the Forum recently whether new registrants have the right to reach back into the archives and dig up old posts to which to respond. The answer is yes, of course; it is not a seniority-based right, although in many instances you will be responding to someone who has long flown the coop. But that's hardly my point. At a time when there has been a great deal of discussion about the lack of wisdom of revisiting the freewill/election controversy, a topic that has been literally run into the ground on SBF, you reach back two years and respond to a post dealing with this very topic. ..... Look, we all know you, as well as others on the Forum, are an avid advocate of the doctrine of election. You have made that abundantly clear already, and one would have to be dull indeed not to be able to deduce it from your user screen name alone. So what's your aim in continuing to dwell on this one subject, the freewill/election issue, a subject than which few others engender so much controversy and heated debate? Friend, you have been advised to get off your monothematic hobby horse, and in this post I must tell you that the advisory becomes a warning. This Forum will simply not permit any registrant to persist to push a doctrinal bias, especially one that has an incontrovertible track record of being potentially explosive and highly divisive. This topic has been debated for centuries and is a subject of debate still. We are giving ourselves an enormous amount of undeserved credit if we are so egotistical to think that we are going to solve this centuries-old dilemma by making a few posts on this Forum. What we are far more likely to accomplish is something we should not aspire to at all: engendering divisiveness and ill will, and spreading confusion to disciples, young and old alike. That is one cental reason why this is neither a Calvinist nor an Arminian Forum. It is not a Forum that pushes freewill or election, or Methodism or Presbyterianism, or any other ism. It is not an internet soap box, a chat room, a dispensary of advice to the love-lorn or to readers with medical, marital or other domestic problems. It is not designed to be merely a discussion group either. It is from Alpha to Omega a Study Bible Forum. The guidelines are clearly spelled out. See the appropriate sections under "Resources" on the left column of the home page. ..... In summary, if you'd like to continue to post in accordance with established and compulsorary guidelines, full speed ahead. If you'd rather do things your way, you should by all means consider doing them elsewhere. The object of this post is not to be harsh or to demean in any way. But I've been on this Forum since its very early days and I'm putting a bug in your ear, brother. And that's simply, Follow the rules and pay attention to what your peers say to you in response to your questions and comments. --Hank |