Originally posted by Primitive Baptist: Because the Bible declares it!
I am of the opinion, and with all due respect, that what the Bible declares and what
you interpret the Bible to declare are two different things.
Originally posted by Primitive Baptist: By the way, I never claimed to know the mind of God. Maybe you should read posts more closely.
I did and your post strongly implies that you have knowledge of the facts of truth without anything false mixed in. You state: "Billy Graham has written a considerable number of books, but he is a heretic!...He teaches the fire in hell is, in fact, not literal. In my humble opinion, Billy Graham and the rest of his bunch are nothing but false teachers."
Doesn't sound to me like a "humble opinion."
I notice you say that you are "still in the dark," but that, it seems, is only with reference to
how what you believe to be a fact can be; you do not seem to affirm the possibility of being in the dark regarding the fact
itself.
In other words, your message comes across as if there is no possibility that you may be wrong regarding the manner in which you interpret the Bible.
Originally posted by Nelson: But even if all men turned away, I don't think God would consider it in vain. As Father of all, to Him it was worth the try.
Originally posted by Primitive Baptist: This is straight garbage! Speak for the god you may serve...
Okay. The God I serve has made salvation available for all because He is "not wishing for any to perish but for
all to come to repentance."
1. God cannot not desire to "pass over" the rest and, at the same time, have "good pleasure" in passing over the rest.
2. That some do not come to believe in Jesus who died for them is no insult to God's sovereignty or to the efficacy of the atonement but a testimony of the extent of His love in being "patient toward you."
3. That the Cross embraces all men, without exception, makes it even more imperative that we "judge nothing
before the time," but if we
must judge, to "judge righteously" for "Who are you to judge another's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand."