[kosta50]

You imagine it is a sound argument that “convinces” someone to turn toward Christ. This is a wrong assumption. It is the Holy Spirit that works in an individual to turn him from death to life ever after

Then why do you need a Bible? Why did Christ send off his disciples saying "teach all nations and baptize...?"

Why not just let the Holy Spirit do all the work and convert those whom he will convert and dismiss those whom he will dismiss?

If this is all done by the HS, why all the preaching? Feel-good? Why all the convincing? Feel-good? If faith comes from God, then you don't count! So, leave it all in God's hands and be done.

You would have as much success in a graveyard as you would anywhere else

Please tell that to all the tele-evenagelists and missionaries.

[irishtenor]

Then why do you need a Bible?
To know God more fully, to honor him, to worship in truth, because he wants me to, etc.

Why did Christ send off his disciples saying “teach all nations and baptize...?”
Because they are the good works we are supposed to do.

Why not just let the Holy Spirit do all the work and convert those whom he will convert and dismiss those whom he will dismiss?
He does do all the work, but he uses what he wants to get the work done.

If this is all done by the HS, why all the preaching?
To learn more about God, to learn of his wonderful works, etc.

If faith comes from God, then you don’t count!
Amen, I do not count. It is obvious MY arguments are falling on deaf ears even now.

So, leave it all in God’s hands and be done.
Whether I leave it there or not, it is ALL in God’s hands, and it always has been.

[Marysecretary]

Are you speaking against missionaries, Kosta?