Subject: God love the senner but hate the sin |
Bible Note: Hank, the reaction I've seen on this forum reminds me of the reaction the Jews had to Jesus. When He told them, "unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you," I can imagine them crying out, "That 's just Your opinion! Let's see You back it up with Scripture!" Or, when Jesus did quote Scripture, and asked them, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, "You are gods"'?" I can imagine them accusing Christ of twisting the Scripture to fit His own beliefs. But, in reality, Jesus rarely quoted where in the Scriptures He drew His information from, in order to "prove" His teaching to His audience. Why? Because 1) His audience knew the Scriptures and probably recognized where He drew His information from, and 2) because it wasn't His job to spoon feed them and tell them where to find everything. Do you recall the praise given to the Bereans? What made them more noble than those in Thessalonica? For no other reason than because "they searched the Scriptures daily to see if what Paul said was true." They didn't ask him to "prove" his references. They searched for themselves. I have been accused on this site of having not quoted Scripture. But, nearly every sentence I've written has been inferred from one Scripture or another. Which means the people on this forum do not know the Scriptures well enough to recognize where I've drawn my information from, or they are too lazy to search the Scriptures and find out for themselves if what I'm saying is true. So far, Hank, I have found nothing on this forum but judgment and condemnation and accusation - which are qualities associated in Scripture with the character of Satan. So far, the responders to my posts have relied on their own opinions, on ancient stupid-stitions, and historical myth-conceptions. It probably wouldn't take long to expose a deeper root of anti-Semitism, as well. One member actually lied to me regarding Forum Policy in order to threaten me with expulsion. Both lies and threats are devices used by the devil... and yet, others applauded him for using those devices. So, I am not convinced that "this forum holds to the doctrine of sola Scriptura." It seems more to me that that they hold to their opinions of what they want Scripture to teach. They strain at the gnat and swallow the camel. They point out the speck in another's eye and miss the plank in their own. They say, but they do not do. And I am sorry to have made their acquaintance. So, you can have your little clique, Hank. I want no part of a community that stands so firmly opposed to the character of Christ. |