I just ask you to look at the "fruit" of this thread. Would iggy have forsaken Christ were it not for this thread? I wonder. How many have come to know Christ because of it?
This thread say friendship trumps the gospel ... and in your heart I think you know that is true.
That is EXACTLY why Paul warns the light has NO fellowship with the darkness..
Mat 21:19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
Seems to me that he was already on his way to his current beliefs even without this thread. (Correct me if I'm wrong, Steven.)
Anyone out there wanna answer this one for mom? Ping your lists, everybody.
Mom you were on this thread for a loooong time and have been back many times yourself and many of your calvinists friends have been here several times giving the gospel to Steven with passion only a calvinist can give, lets ask Steven, did either side infulence you with their version of the gospel?
This thread say friendship trumps the gospel ... and in your heart I think you know that is true.
Never has been true with me.
That is EXACTLY why Paul warns the light has NO fellowship with the darkness..
Steven and I have slapped each other all over this thread for years trying to get the truth as we believe it into each other, I hardly call that fellowship.
BigMack
Just so I understand. It's your position that he WAS "saved" and is no longer?
How many have come to know Christ because of it?
Again, none "and in your heart I think you" had BETTER know it and know that it's true for any thread you feel more friendly about. But I bet thousands (ok maybe hundreds) have been exposed to the Gospel who might never have otherwise. People who never posted or we never knew were here.
The fact that the Gospel can be offensive to those who have not received it fully does not mean we have to be.
Must've missed this post. Perhaps you'd like to repost it? Perhaps we can add taglines which are more evangelically oriented. Or we could post little graphic images in each post which pointed to our absolute and total devotion to the spreading of the Gospel. I'm sure you have a lot of good ideas for us here.
Did Jesus come for the sick or for the well? And how did the religious leaders respond to Jesus "fellowshipping with darkness?" I'm sure you have wiggle room here, so commence to wiggling.