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NASB | John 6:37 "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 6:37 "All that My Father gives Me will come to Me; and the one who comes to Me I will most certainly not cast out [I will never, never reject anyone who follows Me]. |
Subject: Becoming a christian |
Bible Note: Dear inquisitor, You wrote, "I'm not sure about the analogy of birds and their inborn ability to fly to this discussion. But I am interested in following ALL of the Words from the Bible..." (sic) I wonder at your assertion. If you have this deep interest, I think that you would have found that my analogy is echoed throughout Scripture. The nature of a thing is not changed by what it does, rather its nature is revealed by what it does (Matthew 7:16-20; 12:33; Luke 6:43-44; James 3:12; etc.) You wrote, "It just seems like there's so much controversy and I don't understand why." (sic) See post #157634. You wrote, "Mk 16:15..." (sic) See post #222916. You wrote, "I'm just trying to get us all on the same page and aim for that unity for which our Lord prayed to His Father." (sic) The unity Christ prayed for was a unity in truth. (See post #128189 and #149765) You wrote, "It's not my obsession with this concept...it's the Lord's. He wants us to come to Him..." (sic) Such efforts to deal with essential doctrines has been rendered up to you already. Why do you suppose the creeds, confessions, and councils of the church came into existence? Paul assured us that heresy would come (Acts 20:29), yet he also assured us that they were necessary as a means of proving the work of God (1 Corinthians 11:19-20). Regardless, you cannot dismiss twenty centuries of believers thought on one hand, and then affirm your own allegiance to such efforts. No... I take it back... you can... but you ought not if you hope that your arguments will be seriously considered by others. In Him, Doc |