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NASB | Matthew 5:13 ¶ "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 5:13 ¶ "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has lost its taste (purpose), how can it be made salty? It is no longer good for anything, but to be thrown out and walked on by people [when the walkways are wet and slippery]. |
Subject: Was Judas Iscariot a believer? |
Bible Note: Greetings Kalos! Excellent post! I sat under Dr. William Hasker in college. I had this particular discussion with him several times. Dr. Hasker went on to be involved in Open Theism. Their basic arguement is that if a choice is known in advance perfectly by God, then it cannot be free. God cannot be wrong; therefore, the choice must occur. However, the flaw in this arguement (as I see it) is that God is not restricted to time. If He were, this arguement would have some validity. However, God is no more limited to time than He is to space. Thus, one ancient philosopher argued that God knows everything timelessly. He doesn't know them before they happen or after they happen. He simply knows all things now. In this paradigm, a choice can be both known and free at the same time. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |