Mark Osgatharp
New Member
It is written,
"There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world."
Now we can well concede that terms such as "all" and "every" are sometimes limited in their context and application. The Bible tells us as much when it says that when God subjected "all things" to man it is obviously excepted that God himself is not subject to man.
We must rely on context to tell us the extent of that "all" in any given text. And in the above text the "all" in the statement that "all men through him might believe" is clearly and unmistakeably defined. Let's read it again:
"That was that true Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world."
Indeed it has been said by one of our own poets that,
"There is a wideness in God's mercy."
Amen and amen!
Mark Osgatharp
"There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world."
Now we can well concede that terms such as "all" and "every" are sometimes limited in their context and application. The Bible tells us as much when it says that when God subjected "all things" to man it is obviously excepted that God himself is not subject to man.
We must rely on context to tell us the extent of that "all" in any given text. And in the above text the "all" in the statement that "all men through him might believe" is clearly and unmistakeably defined. Let's read it again:
"That was that true Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world."
Indeed it has been said by one of our own poets that,
"There is a wideness in God's mercy."
Amen and amen!
Mark Osgatharp