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NASB | 2 Timothy 2:25 with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Timothy 2:25 He must correct those who are in opposition with courtesy and gentleness in the hope that God may grant that they will repent and be led to the knowledge of the truth [accurately understanding and welcoming it], |
Subject: Regarding earlier post (thread) 156868 |
Bible Note: Hi BrakK, Thanks for the response. I appreciate the 3 categories of people that you say participate in this and other forums and agree with you completely. I think it was humbledbygrace who posted not long ago that we should let the word of God speak for itself. No words we can offer can better defend the truth. The person posting about his/her dream appeared to me to be in serious error but to be in that situation innocently. In other words, he/she appeared to really believe that the dream and the “revealed” word had significance. Now belief is a powerful persuader especially if the believer is EAGER to believe in what he thinks might be true. It’s like believing in haunted houses. People want to believe that they are real. Another would be hard pressed to persuade him otherwise. However, the word of God presented lovingly and patiently in response to an apparent nonsensical question would have power to both rebuke and teach. We shouldn’t just tell people there wrong and state what Christianity says about it, we should provide the scripture to support our rebuke. With that said, I tend to believe that the need for a quick assessment of what category a poster falls in is less important. In time, someone with inappropriate motivations will be clearly seen for what he/she is and can be ignored or rebuked as appropriate. By jumping too quickly we may scare of a sincere searcher of the truth. By the way, you left out a 4th category of poster. He/she that wishes to demonstrate his/her knowledge and self-assigned superiority from a prideful heart; who never accepts redirection much less rebuke, and who will not respond honestly when they are called to account for their postings. BradK, you are by no means in this category so please don’t think I’m referring in any way to you. I often follow your post with interest and learn from you. Thanks. Also, your right. Experience is not the “gauge” of biblical christianity. But without it there would be no biblical christianity. The gauge is the word of God by which we test our experiences to know if we are in step with God or not. Again, thanks for the response. Jeff |