Originally posted by av1611jim:
I agree Deacon. Totally. There are only TWO ways to get around it and they are
1. Spiritualize the Kingdom.
2. Get out your penknife and dispensationalize the Scripture which contain most of the warnings and totally eliminate all of Jesus' warnings to boot!
Anything else?
In HIS service;
Jim
Well how bout dat? The CONDEMNATION of their own heresy is described by themselves.
1. UNBELIEF of the Bible concerning the nature of the kingdom
2. UNBELIEF of the Bible concerning the GOD-GIVEN Pauline Principle of Right Division, which the Lord Jesus Christ adhered to himself.
UNBELIEF gets them every single time.
Acts 28:23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
Acts 28:24 And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.
Acts 28:25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
Acts 28:26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
Acts 28:27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Acts 28:28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
Acts 28:29 And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.
Acts 28:30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,
Acts 28:31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.