[Dutchboy88]

This is the classic errant result of “proof texting”. None of the references you use actually support the conclusions you draw from the isolated verses. Nevertheless, your technique is as common as it is incorrect.

To argue with someone who does not recognize the proper way to approach the Scriptures, however, is a waste of effort. Read some good books on hermeneutics then revisit these passages.

[MarkBsnr]

This is the classic errant result of “proof texting”. None of the references you use actually support the conclusions you draw from the isolated verses. Nevertheless, your technique is as common as it is incorrect.

Hello, Dutchboy. Long time no see. I will agree with you to the point where the various interpretations of Scripture vary from the Fathers. They are the ones who wrote, massaged and chose Scripture for us to read.

[Cronos]

"To argue with someone who does not recognize the proper way to approach the Scripture" --> The proper way meaning the Dutchboo way>?

Or the Calvinist way? Or the Arminian way? Or the Ellen G White Way? Or the J. Smith way?