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NASB | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
Subject: What is predetermination all about |
Bible Note: Hi, EdB... No, I am not saying "that anyone that doesn't read the scriptures as I do is resisting the scripture..." I am saying that the Scriptures can defend itself. I am saying that the Holy Spirit will inevitably use the Word for His purposes. Which thing will include the unity of the Body (as though His church could be anything other than what He has made it). I understand that there are those who believe that the Word cannot be sufficiently understood by the masses without a pastor or a priest to properly interpret it. Many of these same people insist on a "literal interpretation of the Scriptures" -- at least until the Scriptures read contrary to their dearest held beliefs. Can people be deceived as justme is pointing out in post #241887? Yes, they can. This is why Paul warns that God's own must "no longer be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming." That safe and secure foundation is the Word itself. In a Study Bible Forum, let us continue to point to the Bible. Let us especially do that when someone asks a Biblical question. The more we do that, the more we affirm a high view of Scripture. The less we do that, the more we affirm a belief in the inadequacy of Scriptures. In Him, Doc "How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, is laid for your faith, in God's excellent Word! What more can be said than to you God hath said, to you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?" --Robert Keene |