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Bob,
I will chronicle for you the move you made away from orthodoxy and toward Inclusivism.
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This is when you started getting off track Bob. You started arguing that all had heard the gospel. By your definition having heard the gospel would mean that all have the power of God unto salvation, which I have shown you to be false. While all people have general revelation which is enough to condemn them they do not have special revelation which is the power of God unto salvation as you put it.
By the way, this is an obscure reference to Jeremiah 31. The first verse clearly states, ““At that time, declares the Lord, I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people.”
Your reference to Jeremiah is given to the nation of Israel as in not to be applied on a universal scale. The closest thing to an actual quote of what you list is verse 34, “34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” This does not in anyway teach what you are suggesting.
You base this previous comment on Revelation 14:6. So in effect you are arguing that the millions of people in the world today in China and India are waiting on an angelic flyby to be able to reach the gospel? It seems to me that Rev. 14:6 will have historical fulfillment at a particular point in time. I am not denying that it will one day come true. What I am arguing is that in the mean time the Lord founded in the church to preach the gospel to the lost.
Do I think that God could have touched every man? It depends on what you mean by touched. If you mean has God given special revelation to each man, then no. If you mean has God given each man sufficient revelation to condemn him, based on passages like Psalms 19, then yes.
My response to you was as follows:
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You really did not answer the question: "Does everyone hear the gospel? How do the ones who never heard the gospel have a chance?"
Are you suggesting that everyone on the face of the earth has heard the gospel? What about everyone prior to Jesus?
If it is as you suggest that God touches the hearts of individuals mystically without human preaching, that is a whole different deck of cards. Wow! Are you sure you want to go there?
…I view the gospel of Jesus Christ, see John 3:16, as indispensable for conversion to Christ. Evidently you do not....
Your reply was as follows:
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I will chronicle for you the move you made away from orthodoxy and toward Inclusivism.
Page 5 post #47
Brother Bob said:Have all heared the Gospel?
Brother Bob said:What is the Gospel, its the Power of God unto Salvation.
This is when you started getting off track Bob. You started arguing that all had heard the gospel. By your definition having heard the gospel would mean that all have the power of God unto salvation, which I have shown you to be false. While all people have general revelation which is enough to condemn them they do not have special revelation which is the power of God unto salvation as you put it.
Brother Bob said:Scripture says "go ye not from house to house saying know ye the Lord for they shall all know me from the least unto the greatest".
By the way, this is an obscure reference to Jeremiah 31. The first verse clearly states, ““At that time, declares the Lord, I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people.”
Your reference to Jeremiah is given to the nation of Israel as in not to be applied on a universal scale. The closest thing to an actual quote of what you list is verse 34, “34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” This does not in anyway teach what you are suggesting.
Brother Bob said:We are no longer under the Law and the natural "High Preist", but we have an angel flying in Heaven having the everylasting Gospel to preach to them that do dwell upon the earth, amen,
You base this previous comment on Revelation 14:6. So in effect you are arguing that the millions of people in the world today in China and India are waiting on an angelic flyby to be able to reach the gospel? It seems to me that Rev. 14:6 will have historical fulfillment at a particular point in time. I am not denying that it will one day come true. What I am arguing is that in the mean time the Lord founded in the church to preach the gospel to the lost.
Brother Bob said:Do you think for one minute that God does not touch the heart of every man that has ever been born, even Jezebell.
Do I think that God could have touched every man? It depends on what you mean by touched. If you mean has God given special revelation to each man, then no. If you mean has God given each man sufficient revelation to condemn him, based on passages like Psalms 19, then yes.
My response to you was as follows:
Page 5 #49
You really did not answer the question: "Does everyone hear the gospel? How do the ones who never heard the gospel have a chance?"
Are you suggesting that everyone on the face of the earth has heard the gospel? What about everyone prior to Jesus?
If it is as you suggest that God touches the hearts of individuals mystically without human preaching, that is a whole different deck of cards. Wow! Are you sure you want to go there?
…I view the gospel of Jesus Christ, see John 3:16, as indispensable for conversion to Christ. Evidently you do not....
Your reply was as follows:
Page 5 #50
Brother Bob said:...There is a purpose in the preacher but it is not essential for Salvation. Don't you know that in the jungles of Africa and other places they know there is a higher being, they know not to take you brother's wife, they know not to steal. I know they don't do it all the time but something has taught these people something and even so before the coming of Christ the Scripture says their conscious is a law unto them. God is amazing when it comes to His creation. You know Adam ran and hid after he had sinned. It was something inside telling him he was in trouble. There is a Spirit in man the inspiration of God Almighty that teacheth him right from wrong. Also, The Grace of God which bringeth salvation hath appeared unto all men teaching them to deny ungodliness and worldly lust. I think it would have to teach man what those things were in order to teach him not to do them don't you? You don't believe man is just turned free without a conscious do you? The conscious worked in olden times why not now?
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