cd: I agree Perry.
> [Original Message] > From: Charles Perry Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 12/21/2005 5:00:05 PM > Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Who decides > > David, > > Regarding your item 2, we might also conclude that Jesus was speaking > specifically to the apostles, and that this does not apply to all believers. > The key is to identify the antecedent of "He" in verse 16, which I believe > to exclusively be the apostles. > > Perry > > David wrote: > > 2. Mark 16:16-20 > (16) He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth > not shall be damned. > (17) And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they > cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; > (18) They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it > shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall > recover. > (19) So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into > heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. > (20) And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with > them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. > > How many Christians have believed and been baptized but have not seen any of > these signs follow them? Again, we either have to conclude that the concept > of faith as taught by Jesus is something greater than the popular concept of > it, or that Jesus was bearing false testimony here, or perhaps that this > passage only applies to the immediate believers to whom he spoke. I take > the position that faith is something more than what most people think faith > is. > > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
