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Originally Posted by mfblume
Believing in the bible did not mean what we think today. It involved more. Jesus stated in John 17:20 that we must believe on him through the apostles' words. And when we read references to the need to believe such as in 1 John, without any clarification, we must go to where they actually preached to people, in Acts. There we find the full deal with how to believe and what it entailed. |
Shag correctly noted the meaning of believe as being to fully trust and rely. Hes hardly speaking out on favor of easy believism. He's just pointing out the lunacy that any of you guys who are consistent condemn everyone. Not just unbelievers, not just quasi Christian groups, not just trinitarians, but also most oneness pentecostal consider a great number of other oneness pentecostals as damned also.
Wycliffe, Hus, Wesley, Edwards, Spurgeon, Lloyd-Jones, all condemned. Hymn writers, Bible translators, missionaries, martyrs, essentially all lost, according to yall.
And thats just core doctrine. When God starts culling out all the compromisers had a TV, wore a necklace, ear ring, women who wore pants (ever) or trimmed their hair, guys who grew a beard, those who attended the movies, any who failed to pay 100% of 10% of their lifetime earnings, any who held incorrect eschatalogical views, etc, etc. Well then theres going to be about 13 people saved, and not even the apostles make the cut.
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