Dave G
Well-Known Member
I understand the narrative just fine, Marty.Question remains the same and unanswered. Why can’t you use the narrative?
Why can't you accept the declarative?
Regrettably, there shouldn't be any verses that are argued over.The verses that are always argued over would have to use big font to fill a page.
The verses cited should do the job, in my estimation.If you can convince someone the 490th time, you might want to use the rest of the Bible.
I don't see the problem...
God's children believe God's words.
All of them, not just some of them.
For example, if I quote this:
" For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." ( John 3:16 ).
It has just as much "weight" as this:
" The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity." ( Psalms 5:5 ).
John 10:27 is the rule...Christ's sheep "hear" His voice.
They know Him, and they follow Him...not men;
Not John Calvin, and not John Wesley.
Not John R. Rice, and not John MacArthur.
His voice is every word ( Matthew 4:4, Luke 4:4 ) that He delivers...whether through inspiration and the spoken word, as He gave Paul "utterance" ( Acts of the Apostles 2:4, Ephesians 6:19 ), or in the written word, as He gave men inspiration through the Holy Ghost.
Acts of the Apostles 13:48 is just as true as John 3:16.
John 3:36 is just as true as John 10:26.
Psalms 5:5 and Psalms 11:5 are just as true as John 3:16.
Romans 9:14-18 is equally as true as 1 Timothy 2:3-4.
God loves and God hates.
God saves and God damns to Hell.
The saved love Him and the rest of the world hates Him.
To me, it's not the words that are the problem...it's the willingness by many who profess Christ to actually receive ( welcome ) them as meaning what they say:
Literally, grammatically, and in their proper contexts with all the others.
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