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NASB | Luke 8:13 "Those on the rocky soil are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no firm root; they believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 8:13 "Those on the rocky soil are the people who, when they hear, receive and welcome the word with joy; but these have no firmly grounded root. They believe for a while, and in time of trial and temptation they fall away [from Me and abandon their faith]. |
Subject: Predetermined or Free Will |
Bible Note: Jeanne1: I'm sorry that I misunderstood your previous posts. I did not realize these were not your questions, that instead they are someone else's. As for the paragraph I quoted from your post, you did not enclose it with quotation marks. Nor did you say in the post that these were someone elses's questions. So I didn't know that you were quoting someone else. So if I have misinterpreted your post or your position on these issues, I am truly sorry. I would not knowingly misquote or misrepresent another person's writings. In the post to which I am now replying it says: '..we don't have to go around "testing" people.' I couldn't agree with you more. You are exactly right. Neither I nor the writer of the article is saying that we should test others as to whether they are saved. I've never advocated such a thing. The intent of the article I quoted was not to teach us how to test other people. It is to help us examine ourselves, according to 2 Cor 13:5, which says in part: "Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves..." Examine and test yourselves -- not other people. That's what the verse says and that is what I was referring to. Regardless of any misunderstanding over that one post, I still say your writing is good, helpful and worth reading. I appreciate you and your participation in this forum. Grace and peace, Radioman2 |