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NASB | Romans 5:6 ¶ For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 5:6 ¶ While we were still helpless [powerless to provide for our salvation], at the right time Christ died [as a substitute] for the ungodly. |
Subject: Holy Spirit's power of Conviction |
Bible Note: When I have heard dispensationalists say that they cannot understand it all, it is usually because they pre-suppose free-willism. It is some "unfathomable mystery" until you put free-willism aside, then it does come together pretty nicely. Please take the time and inclination to take a hard look at Romans 9 to come up with some alternative interpretation. 1 Timothy 2:4 is not that much of a stretch. If we want to avoid the heresy of universalism and maintain that Scripture is inspired and non-contradictory, we have to look closely at the context of passages and correctly determine whether "all men" means "all individuals" or "all kinds of men." Wesley even argued with His own brother about a great number of the fundamentals of Scripture. The fact that sincere and fruitful Christians disagree does not mean that there is no clear revelation on the issue. People bring their own pre-suppositions to the Bible all the time. I think it would be a little much to assume that Augustine and Luther and Calvin and Wesley and others did not bring some of their own. Fallible human beings such as myself and yourself often interpret Scripture wrongly. That does not mean that there is not any answer revealed, but rather that we should as brothers in Christ vigorously debate the matters in order to come to a knowledge of the truth in matters that ARE addressed in Scripture, and God's role in salvation is extensively addressed in Scripture! Thanks again! --Joe! |