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NASB | Ephesians 4:3 being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 4:3 Make every effort to keep the oneness of the Spirit in the bond of peace [each individual working together to make the whole successful]. |
Subject: Who constitutes the church? |
Bible Note: Dear Tim, I had a great grandfather who was a Rabbi. That doesn't make me a Rabbi. :-) Regarding the Armininanism and semi-pelagianism connection, I have read theologians who associate them: e.g., Robert L. Dabney (1820-1898), in his Systematic Theology (on Effectual Calling); A. A. Hodge (1823-1886), in his Theological Outlines (on Pelagianism, Semi-Pelagianism, and Augustinianism); Benjamin B. Warfield (1851-1921), in his Autosoterism; J. Gresham Machen (1881-1937), in his Christianity and Liberalism; Lorraine Boettner (1901-1990), in his The Reformed Faith (on Universalistic Passages); etc. I think I understand why. Nevertheless, insofar as historic -- emphasis on that word historic -- Arminianism is concerned, I see at least one clear distinction. (You mentioned original sin, however the two view points actually share that teaching.) Contrary to semi-pelagianism, the Remonstrants affirmed "That man has not saving grace of himself, nor of the working of his own free-will, inasmuch as in his state of apostasy and sin he can for himself and by himself think nothing that is good -- nothing, that is, truly good, such as saving faith is, above all else. But that it is necessary that by God, in Christ and through His Holy Spirit he be born again and renewed in understanding, affections and will and in all his faculties, that he may be able to understand, think, will, and perform what is truly good, according to the Word of God." Any other perspectives they share, I lack the interest to ferret out... a very different, stack of unread books are calling to me! In Him, Doc |