EVERYONE on TT, Judy, believes their
observations to be 'rooted and grounded' in Scripture. Each
believes, where they are in their journey just now, to have
reflected that which the Lord Himself would have them say. I
BELIEVE THIS OF YOU. I BELIEVE THIS
OF DM. ETC.
Yes....
However, when one encounters duplicity,
faulty argumentation, a careless 'reading' of another's
'mail'..then, a corrective must be offered. Also JT, you and DM,
rather strangely I would suggest, regularly demean any who
acknowledge the contribution of another believer in
print.
I can't relate to the above
accusation since I don't recall either myself or DM demeaning anyone
at all, much less regularly
It's almost like suggesting that all
sufficiency is to be found in 'God, The Book, and You'. Accessing
any other source whatsoever is cause for criticism.
I see you put your own spin
on it Lance. DM reads other books and I do also even quoting them at
times. However, I don't look to them as a source of Truth and this is the
difference.
Now, as to the matter of 'repentance'
(please correct me Bill if I'm misrepresenting you on this) DM and
Bill have differing understandings. DM should, IMO, acknowledge,
clarify, and expound that difference then, just move on. I'm with
Bill on this one. God is with Bill on this one, IMO, of
course.
I don't know what DM has to
say about this but IMO Bill like your "D" has a view that is rooted
in Calvinism.
How interesting - Debbie Sawzak is of a
Calvinistic bent; because after all it is his doctrine that claims
one
must be regenerated before it is possible to repent because of "total
depravity" and this comes out of a
misunderstanding of the spiritual
realities involved.
Is repentance part of the Gospel? Yes, the NT
is replete with directives to repent. But repentance is not a
means by which or through which people are saved. It is Jesus
Christ who is our Savior. Salvation is in him, complete with
mediation on our behalf. Repentance is therefore our
response to the greatest news the world has ever heard; it is
our response to the good news of Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Lance, I now see what you meant today about
the exchange bw Bill and David, having read the full message
from Bill. The above is the crux, isn't it? It (esp the part I
bolded) reminds me of what Victor said numerous times in his
Human Person course: I know Christ first of all, before anything
else, as my Saviour. The accountability, the repentance, arise
out of that.
D
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