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To: farmer18th
I'm not sure what the draw is about Ehud. This is what the scriptures have to say about Ehud.

That's all it states. All it states about Ehud is that he was God's deliverer. I see nothing in scripture that states this was a "virtuous act of heroism" nor do I see it as an "answer to the prayers of the faithful". Israel would continuously sin and when God's punishment got too great they would cry "uncle".

There is not a single trace of divine judgement towards Ehud anywhere in scripture, or towards Rahab, or towards the midwives, or towards Jesus for overturning the money changers' tables.

Who said anything about judgment against Ehud, etc.? Sin does bring consequences as David found out, but if you're a believer it does not bring divine judgment. There is a difference between consequences and judgment. Even though David's sin was reprehensible, God still loved him.

The definition of heresy is literally to lift one truth out of the whole and make it your gospel hobby. That is precisely what John MacArthur is doing,

Keep in mind that John MacArthur has a whole group of historical commentators to back him up. Unless you can offer a plausible explanation to Romans 13, I'd be careful about who I'd be saying is "lifting one truth".

128 posted on 02/18/2008 5:58:20 PM PST by HarleyD
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To: HarleyD
nor do I see it as an "answer to the prayers of the faithful"

What do you think "Jehovah raised them up a deliverer" means?
129 posted on 02/18/2008 6:05:10 PM PST by farmer18th (Conservatives who vote McCain are like abused dogs who keep licking their master's hand...)
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