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NASB | 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord does not delay [as though He were unable to act] and is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is [extraordinarily] patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. |
Subject: Debate Arminian/Calvinist views? |
Bible Note: Steve I wonder did the church as a whole disagree on Biblical interpretation since the cannon was closed or until man reached a point where he insisted on his right to apply his intellectual understanding of it? In other words when did valid differences of interpretation of the Bible become evident? Now I know there are some that will proclaim there has always been disagreements but if we look at church history we see in such cases they were declared heresy and I think we would all agree with the judgement. However upon the birth of the age of enlightenment when man decided to accept or reject his own realities did we first see valid/acceptable differences in interpretation. The question then becomes are they in fact valid or have we reasoned our way into accepting them? Then the question arises who should choose what is right and the answer is the Church! Not the church of Methodist, not the church of the AoG, not the church of the Baptist, not the church of Calvin, but the church of Jesus Christ. I believe in fact I know there is remnant that remains that has not bought nto all the “isms”. They become the voice in the wilderness. Unfortunately if they agree with any aspect of one ism or another they are immediately labeled with that “ism”, which brings us back to where I started in this thread. EdB |