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  1. tdidymas

    Child sacrifice, a transgression/ God sacrifices his only begotten

    "viewing the Crucifixion as God sacrificing his own Son, as though this were Fred sacrificing little Freddie, is quite misleading" You're durn tootin it's misleading, and that's why atheists love that misleading analogy. Here's the diff: 1. pagan children aren't volunteering to die, but Jesus...
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    Child sacrifice, a transgression/ God sacrifices his only begotten

    The substitutionary sacrifice of Christ is a means to permanent atonement for sin, and is a special work of God alone. Human sacrifice does not do any atoning work in the spiritual realm, so it is an exercise in futility. God commanded animal sacrifice for temporary atonement, in order to point...
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    Pastor John MacArthur

    Do you think Pawson is a WOF teacher, and if so, why?
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    A 2023 Fireside Chat by Dennis Prager

    Excellent 30m talk by Dennis Prager on: Israelies are not evil and feminism is bad. If you object to anything he says, please quote it in your reply and say why.
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    Pastor John MacArthur

    This response is not only narrow minded, it's a complete disregard of everything I wrote. From now on, you're on my ignore list.
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    Pastor John MacArthur

    This begs the question, what do you mean by "believe," and why do you only quote verses that seem to support your idea, but don't quote any verses that deny your idea? The fact that "believe" is not well-defined in these verses (which are taken out of context) is the same problem that the...
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    Pastor John MacArthur

    So you don't believe that Jesus is the Lord of the believer? Do you think that if a person just "believes" in Jesus, but doesn't consider Him Lord that they should submit to, that person is saved regardless? (if so,) then, what about "unless you believe that I AM, you will die in your sins"...
  8. tdidymas

    The Lord's eyes are too pure to look on evil. Really?

    I guess you didn't get my point. But in response to this, if a person doesn't heed the warnings and goes headlong in the grievous sins you point out, then we can safely say they don't fear God, and therefore are not born again. The Corinthians are explicitly told this - "shall not inherit the...
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    Sarah confronts Joel Osteen

    His statement was that gospel was preached differently, not that people were saved differently. After the cross, forgiveness by faith in Jesus became much clearer, in addition to free grace. Thus we have progressive revelation from OT to NT.
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    Sarah confronts Joel Osteen

    Jesus preached "repent and believe the gospel." Jesus also explained God (and relationship between God and man) according to John, so when Paul wrote that the gospel before the cross was a mystery, it wasn't fully revealed. But after the cross, "He has revealed those things to us by His Spirit."...
  11. tdidymas

    Sarah confronts Joel Osteen

    There are plenty of good teachers who say that Osteen's teaching is heretical, so there didn't need to be someone to go in there for the purpose of warning his followers that they are headed for hell (or worse, trying to correct Osteen when his ears are closed). It looked to me like an exercise...
  12. tdidymas

    The Lord's eyes are too pure to look on evil. Really?

    The warnings in Hebrews are actually about failing to trust in Christ, since all our obedience to the laws of God begins and ends with faith. So your statement begs the question: who are the "we" you are talking about? I'll reiterate your quote: "If we sin grievous sins after we are saved..." -...
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    Pastor John MacArthur

    I don't get your point. Are you agreeing with me? It seems to me that you are acknowledging my point, that assurance results from faith, and is not the essence of it. Do you agree that if someone believes in Christ, but does not yet have assurance of salvation, that they are indeed born of God...
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    Pastor John MacArthur

    What kind of response is this? You're the one who said "that verse." I'm not going to argue with you, as it seems like all you want to do is evade the issue and "win" in your mind, so I'm done here.
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    Pastor John MacArthur

    I was debating with the other poster about the teaching of Hodges which he posted a link. Hodges stated clearly that anyone not having assurance is not born again, which I vehemently disagree with. I agree that "fruit" (deeds) show what kind of "tree" we are.
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    Pastor John MacArthur

    What verse?? I thought we were talking about the teaching of Hodges. This is why I said before, and again in the last post, that "assurance" the way Hodges is describing it is the "essence of saving faith" - which means that a person FEELS that he is saved. This is what Biblical assurance is -...
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    Pastor John MacArthur

    I never said nor implied anything about walking an aisle or anything like that. The fact that Jesus spoke commands, and the fact that whoever hopes in Him will follow His commands is inherent in the gospel message. But we aren't talking about subsequent actions to believing, are we? We're...
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    Pastor John MacArthur

    I disagree with you, I think you and Hodges are in error. Knowing that some people will respond in pretense doesn't justify false doctrine that hinders true Christians. Paul wrote "no one can say 'Jesus is Lord' except by the Holy Spirit. And in context, it obviously means sincerely, not just...
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    Pastor John MacArthur

    Not sure what your point is, except that there are antinomians who need to read James. Knowing some will profess Christ in pretense doesn't justify false doctrine that hinders true Christians.
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    Pastor John MacArthur

    It's a nice story, but it doesn't address the discrepancy in Hodges' teaching. The difference between believing and assurance is that believing is a spiritual action, and assurance is a feeling. The Bible says "believe," not "believe and feel assured." There are 2 different kinds of assurance -...
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