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NASB | Acts 8:13 Even Simon himself believed; and after being baptized, he continued on with Philip, and as he observed signs and great miracles taking place, he was constantly amazed. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 8:13 Even Simon believed [Philip's message of salvation]; and after being baptized, he continued on with Philip, and as he watched the attesting signs and great miracles taking place, he was constantly amazed. |
Subject: How do I make sense of the context? |
Bible Note: Marry Christmas to you also Hank, my PC was on the blink for a while and that is why I haven’t been on the forum for some time now. My answer to the question of the gray area was the same response that you gave but then the question came back to me in the study as follows. If Jesus was speaking to believers and that is how their sin was to be forgiven for that particular sin then that would negate the function of I John 1:9 with regard to those that have sinned against us and our forgiveness. Case and point, that was pointed out to me; if one sins against me and I don’t forgive them, and lets say they leave the area of my contact, would the function of I John 1:9 still work for me in this situation? Now do you see the pickle that I was in? I couldn’t say yes, and cause the verse in Matthew 6 to be wrong or say no and have it be wrong in I John 1:9. How do people think of these things anyway? CDBJ |