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NASB | 1 Peter 4:6 For the gospel has for this purpose been preached even to those who are dead, that though they are judged in the flesh as men, they may live in the spirit according to the will of God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Peter 4:6 For this is why the good news [of salvation] was preached [in their lifetimes] even to those who are dead, that though they were judged in the flesh as men are, they may live in the spirit according to [the will and purpose of] God. |
Subject: Those who died before Jesus' death |
Bible Note: Greetings Angel! I apologize my friend! I was operating off of memory and I had misunderstood your point about infants! :-( But, I would differ with your following statement: "clearly, Scripture is meant to inform and teach us not to limit God's Authority and Power... for us to claim to know who and how humanity is to be Saved or damned, is it not playing "god?"" Scripture tells us exactly how someone is saved, by faith in Christ. God Himself has revealed that explicitly to us in His Word. Moses, Elijah, Enoch, and the thief on the cross were all saved exactly the same way we are saved, by faith in Christ. The only difference was that they believed in Him before He even came to earth, while we believe after He died and rose again. :-) You wrote: "The fact that Christians have separated and have evolved into a pluralistic culture and anti-culture testifies to man's deliverate and systematic selective adherence to Scripture--only when we allow the Holy Spirit to instruct us would Christ's Church be one with one Gospel and one Faith!" I would argue the opposite. It is preciously because we add to, ignore, or go beyond Scripture that we have so many differences between Christians. You mentioned the name 'Christian'. It matters not at all to me what someone wants to call themselves. They can call themselves 'Christians', 'Disciples', 'Followers', ect.... I really don't care because Scripture never commands us to be called by any particular title. We cannot take narrative passages and turn them into imperatives. The early church did a lot of things that are recorded in Scripture that are wrong, should we consider them imperatives for us today? :-) I don't consider anything an imperative unless God commands it in Scripture. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |