Where did the idea of "Replacement Theology" come from?

I agree with you that there will be differences of opinion among believers. But...can someone believe something that is evil without being evil? And can one who is evil, or believes something that is evil, go to heaven?

Ken

[ October 10, 2002, 02:33 PM: Message edited by: Ken Hamilton ]

 

So...are ya'll saying that anyone who does not agree with ya'll is going to hell?

Ken</font>[/QUOTE]Not at all! We are saved by the blood of Jesus. When Peter got it wrong in Antioch, Paul was able to correct him, not damn him. There are fine Christians who believe the odd wrong doctrine. Fortunately, the wisdom from above is open to reason, and we can discuss these issues. I do believe that replacment theology is evil, but that does not mean I am damning those who believe it.
God bless, colin

 

Ken this has been one of the toughest things for me to accept but I don't get to decide or even judge who is or isn't going to Heaven. There is always a chance that a person who believes incorrectly may have missed the essentials but we cannot truly tell.
Murph

 

Very good answer. Do you also entertain the possibility that in the final analysis it may be the anti-replacement group that believes incorrectly.

But I do appreciate the anti-replacement group not condemning those of us with at least some sympathy with the replacement theology position to hell.

But I am still puzzled by the use of the word "evil" that the anti-replacement crowd feels comfortable hurling at the other side while still calling us brothers and sisters in Christ.

(John 5:29 NKJV) "and come forth; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.

(Romans 12:9 NKJV) Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.

(Revelation 2:2 NKJV) "I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars;

So, either ya'll are being inconsistent for calling a group evil while maintaining Christian fellowship with them, or ya'll are using evil as perjorative overstatement, perhaps because your position is so untenable Scripturally that you feel you must resort to name-calling to try to scare off rebuttal. Which is it?

Or, perhaps it's simply that our society has overused words(like rascist, homophobe, etc.) so much that words have lost the force of their meaning, so that when ya'll call someone evil, you don't really mean it, it's just a word to throw out there.

Ken

 

Replacement Theology (Covenant Theology) was probably established by Augustine. (All though there are some hints at it in the later Apostalic Father's writings.) However, it really is not a "Theology" at all. It is based on Aristotlean syllogism (deductive logic).

A great deal of the heresies of Christianity can be traced back to Augustine and his Covenant Theology (infant baptism replacing circumcision, the State Church replacing Israel, sacraments replacing sacrifices, pre-temporal reprobation, evangelism by compulsion, predestination replaced with predeterminism, etc.)

 

After another look I suppose Evil is a little mean spirited even if it wasn't intended that way. I am sure we could find a better word.
Murph

 

For anyone who might be interested, I was listening today to the September 29 broadcast of the White Horse Inn and the program happened to be on dispensational theology and covenant theology. So if you have about 26 minutes you might find this discussion to be interesting. Go to:

www.oneplace.com/Ministries/The_White_Horse_Inn/Archives.asp

and click on the broadcast for Sunday, September 29.

Ken