11/29/2023 History of Canon Even in this world of diverse voices and opinions, we realize that, when it comes to questions about life's most foundational questions, all voices are reduced to mere speculations, and that no voice in an objective sense deserves to be given a greater weight. When a voice claims to have some secret knowledge of the unknown realm and have the correct answers, they deserve no credibility unless they can demonstrate that the authority by which they make their truth claims transcends the human plane, that they in fact have the authority from above.
So who can tell us the truth about the secret things of the universe? Who can tell us about our Creator? Who can tell us our purpose of existing? Who can tell us what happens to us after death? Who can tell us what is morally right or wrong? The answer is: no ordinary man can. Whoever claims to be a prophet of God and dares make truth claims of the unknown realm must first earn the credibility by demonstrating that he is no ordinary man. God has given us His infallible, inerrant word. It begins with the book of Moses His prophet and ends with the last book of John His apostle. It begins with God's first acts of creation, and ends with God's final acts of destruction. It shows the mankind how and why their history began, and shows the mankind how and why their history will end.
As believers, those who have been given the capacity by the Spirit to understand the words of the Spirit (1Co 2:10), we know that every revelation of God is not without a very important purpose. Since God has chosen to reveal to us the final days of human history for our good and for His glory (Ro 8:28,29), we have a moral obligation toward God to appreciate His revelation and diligently study it; otherwise, we would be refusing to honour the Spirit and His word (1Th 5:19,20). If you see the value of studying and believing God's future timetable, then listen to the following points. Skunk:
it was considered barbaric to drink undiluted wine. In those days, wine was mixed with water, so your bladder is more likely to get full before you get ever drunk. Mikey: in *some* cultures in *some* time periods it was considered barbaric to drink undiluted wine. There I fixed it for you, now you have to prove that this specifically applied to the wedding at Cana or any other pro alcohol passage in Scripture. Hint, it doesn't as the passage in question speaks of the wedding guests as already being "well drunk." 3/6/2023 0 Comments Eternal Security of BelieversDoes Mt 6:7-15 and 18:21-35 mean that a believer can lose their salvation that they are already given because of their sins of commission or omission?
If they do mean that, then Scripture has contradicted Scripture. But reading the context makes it plain that the "forgiveness" here withheld from God is different the complete forgiveness of sins freely given to all believers at the moment of their salvation. In order to come to the right interpretation about these passages, the reader must believe the entire Bible does not contradict itself, and not disregard any doctrine that is taught therein. That means they will at least study the context of the text. And if the reader doesn't approach the Bible in this way, then they will arrive at a wrong conclusion and contradict the Bible. And their insistence on their position will be exposed as only stemming from their own prejudice and laziness. |
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