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I do not have a problem with 'exposure'. I don't
think that that is Dave's point though.
May I suggest that an equal. if not greater, danger
to believers lies within Islam. Could you imagine David Miller or Kevin
going to Mosques and, utilizing bullhorns, villify the attendants by addressing
THEM as servants of Satan?
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Sent: June 20, 2005 06:24
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Hill
Cumorah
I would think it would be more like Jeremiah (see Jer
13:1,2); this is obviously a one time object lesson to
the part of Israel Jeremiah was ministering to rather
than a pattern of behavior for all time. However, part of public
proclamation of Truth by nature involves exposing the lie
of the false gods which of course will be
offensive to those who worship them. Why do you have such a problem with this? jt
Elijah.
Can you give us a "for instance" DaveH?
jt
DAVEH:
As I understand your position (and please correct me if I am
misunderstanding your position), many Christians (specifically
you, in this instance) believe that everything written in the
Bible is specifically applicable to Christians
today. So, if a prophet of the Bible used a
technique of mocking, that means it is OK for you to do the same
thing. If a prophet of God in the Bible is commanded to go
preach on the streets, you assume that instruction applies to
you as well....is that correct, Kevin?
To me, that isn't logical at all. Just as what he
compelled the prophets of the OT to do was not necessarily
applicable to the prophets of the NT, what the Lord wants us to
do today may or may not be what he wants us to do today.
It seems to me that the Lord over time has
commanded various people to do things that he may not have
commanded at a subsequent time or other
peoples. Hope that makes some
sense.....
Kevin Deegan wrote:
DAVEH: And because some of the early
prophets mocked with God's blessing, you believe it is your
right to do so as well? Isn't that stretching logic a
bit beyond it's breaking point?
NO
How so?
Kevin
Deegan wrote:
Yes, but where they "Contending for the
faith"? DAVEH: What do you think
they were disputi9ng if it wasn't their perspecdtive of the
faith? Don't you think they were arguing the truth as
they saw it, perhaps in the same way it is done on TT
occassionally?
Please show me where God admonished Paul, for his
"much contention" DAVEH: My last
post about admonishment was regarding the bickering (if
that's the proper word for it) Christians who Paul
admonished.
If you were an
apostle as was Paul and admonished me for arguing about
theology, I would pay heed. But I don't think you've
even claimed to be an apostle, Kevin. (Am I
wrong on that?) >From my perspective you seem to be
one who is contributing to the contention. Why do you
think Paul's admonishment not to contend (Titus 3:9) doesn't
apply to you? Isn't it just a matter of
perspective? If another TTer were to argue against
your understanding of whatever doctrine, why do you think
you would be in the right and he would be in the
wrong? Do you sincerely believe you are right on all
your points of doctrine, or do you allow you may at times be
wrong?
Show me where Elijah was admonished in the scriptures
for MOCKING.
In fact right after Elijah Mocking the prophets of
Baal, God answered his
prayer. DAVEH: And because some of
the early prophets mocked with God's blessing, you believe
it is your right to do so as well? Isn't that
stretching logic a bit beyond it's breaking point?
God Mocks
Prov 1:26 Because I have called,
and ye refused... But ye have
set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my
reproof: I also will laugh at your
calamity; I will mock when your fear
comethDave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
DAVEH:
Were not a lot of early Christians in contention, and
admonished for it?
Kevin Deegan wrote:
No read the scriptures. They were "IN God" with
MUCH Contention. Dave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
DAVEH:
Do you suppose that could have been one of Paul's
faults?
Kevin Deegan wrote:
> By
the way did you know that Paul was VERY
CONTENTIOUS?
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