Posted on 01/03/2005 8:18:33 AM PST by kiriath_jearim
Incorrect use of the word, Dr. I think you meant to say "subject" rather than "subjective."
How do you know your facts are correct? Is there a way to prove them?
I'm not a reformed Christian, but I believe that my knowledge, fruits and every breath, is based on God's will.
I do not understand salvation.
I believe that these are the cards I was dealt.
Everything in existence is an absolute, whether men recognize it or not.
God created everything for one reason -- His good and holy pleasure absolutely.
Men write with gray chalk that eventually fades away. God is the only indelible ink.
You may be right.
More's the pity.
Please define an absolute, so that I may better comprehend what you said.
Num 21:8-9
8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.(emphasis added)
It looks to me we take part in the affair, albeit not deserving of any personal merit. Those who chose not to look, or believed they would survive without looking -- died.
The Gospel is simple, repent (recognize we are fatally bitten in need of salvation) and receive (looking to the cross for the only remedy) the all complete free gift of salvation provided by Jesus Christ.
Jhn 3:27
27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
Yes!
Jhn 1:12
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:
And Yes!
Truth is an absolute?
How does one determine between fact, and interpretation?
Why?
"The eagle lands at midnight."
Your turn.
Why, indeed.
God knew that Peter would choose to deny him three times.
God has prophesied the future. If God doesn't know than, he is presumption or he forces to future to occur. But God has prophesied man's sin repeatedly, including: Israel's sin, Peter's sin, Sin of man in the last days, sin of man following the 1000 year reign of Christ.
If God prophesied sin, and yet didn't cause it Himself, then God must know the future. If God did cause it Himself, then how can it be sin?
I believe that when God says He is the Alpha and Omega, that He is already the Omega. He exists at all points in time simultaneously. That is why comments are made in scripture like Jesus' "Before Moses I AM" instead of "Befoe Moses I was". That is why future events are often spoken of in past tense in scripture.
That is a very good question. Do you have an answer?
"Self-evident moral truths" are absolute truths --- true for all people in all places at all times down through history.
(Hint, hint -- ever hear of the Constitution? It's only purpose is to guard absolute moral truth (our inalienable God-given rights) - "We hold these truths to be self-evident that ...."). Unless it is effectively guarding absolute moral truths, it is a meaningless document.
I do not know what you mean?
Why do you say...'more's the pity'?
Check with the Calvanists.
No. If you cannot answer, at least say so.
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