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To: Fichori; DaveMSmith; Petronski; trisham; wagglebee; sitetest; sandyeggo
Regarding your comment on antichrist.

Dear Friend,scripture says what an antichrist is ,which there are many, is described in 1 John 2:22

“”Who is a liar, but he who denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is Antichrist, who denieth the Father, and the Son.”” 1 John 2:22

Take a look at what this Guy John F Mac Arthur teaches

From MacArthur's Bible study guide, The Superiority of Christ

“”the terms ‘Father’ and ‘Son’ would have no significance before the incarnation.” -Page 5

“”Did you know that when 2 Samuel was written, Jesus Christ was not the Son of God? Why? The title Son refers to Jesus Christ in His incarnation. Christ did not become the Son until He was begotten into time.”” -page 52

Here is more from Mac Arthur...

Some 900 years before Jesus was born God prophesied, “I will be a Father to Him, and He shall be a Son to Me” (Heb.1:5; 2 Sam. 7:14), indicating that in eternity past that, though there were always three persons in the Trinity, there were not yet the roles of Father and Son. Those designations apparently came into being only at the incarnation. In the announcement of Jesus’ birth to Mary, the angel Gabriel declared, “He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High;...the holy offspring shall be called the Son of God” [Luke 1:32,35]. Son was a new name, never before applied to the second person of the Godhead except prophetically, as in Psalm 2:7, which is interpreted in Hebrews 1:5-6 as referring to the event of His incarnation. John wrote, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1). Only when “the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us” as “the only begotten God” (John 1:14,18) did He take on the role and function of Son [emphasis his]. [John MacArthur, Jr., The MacArthur New Testament Commentary—Galatians (Chicago: Moody Press, 1987), p.108 (see his comments under Galatians 4:4).]

350 posted on 05/24/2008 2:15:17 PM PDT by stfassisi ( ("Above all gifts that Christ gives his beloved is that of overcoming self"-St Francis Assisi))
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To: stfassisi; DaveMSmith; Petronski; trisham; wagglebee; sitetest; sandyeggo; ...
stfassisi:

In the post you replied to [334] I said: "I agree with you about the Antichrist."

The you I was referring to is Manfred the Wonder Dawg, and his post [321] concerning what aspects of John MacArthur's message he agreed/disagreed with.

The fact is, I have yet to find someone whose entire theology I agree with 100%.

As I said in post 297:

There is a saying, eat the meat and spit out the bones.

And there is a lot of good meat in MacArthur’s message.(and possibly a few bones.)[excerpt]


In life, you have to decide what is suitable for eating.

Just because meat comes with bones in it, doesn't mean you should throw the whole works out.

If you trust another human to make those decisions for you, chances are good that you will be led astray.
351 posted on 05/24/2008 2:44:51 PM PDT by Fichori (Official Tarbaby of the RF)
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