Are We Speaking Where the Bible Speaks? Part 1
There is an important question that needs to be addressed, and that question is “Are we speaking where the Bible speaks?”
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Doctrinal
Who should we blame?
We are to blame for our own sins. It is not alway easy to choose the righteous path, but we should seek to pick the righteous paths rather than the sinful, the self-serving.
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Speak where the bible speaks part 2
Are we speaking where the Bible speaks? We answer this question by looking at additional illustrations of not speaking where the Bible speaks, and we acknowledge the intention of speaking where the Bible speaks.
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Speak Where the Bible Speaks Part 1
We may say that we adhere to the Bible as the final standard of authority, but if we are say or teach things that are not taught in the Scriptures, then we are not speaking where the Bible speaks.
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The Gospel’s Two-Part Invitation
However, both actors are using the same approach in providing that offer. The verse states that both actors are “saying” the invitation of obey the Gospel. Both are “saying” the gospel to the lost. Both are using words to appeal to the heart of those needing to find the “new Jerusalem.”
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Word Study for Women on Evangelism and Preaching
I do want us, as women, to understand that these acts: evangelizing, preaching, and teaching are all things we can do as long as we respect the authority God has given men.
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The Sanctification of the Holy Spirit
Since then we understand that the path to salvation begins with the hearing of faith, if it is true that the order of the phrases in this verse is significant we would arrive at an interesting conclusion. We would come to a position stating that prior to the Thessalonian Gentiles’ believing the gospel, God acted through His Spirit to sanctify (or set apart) them.
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The Same Gift
The exact same phrase, we are told, describes two gifts that have not one point of commonality between them except that they are both from God. I understand why people are confused when they hear teaching about the Holy Spirit. Is there another doctrine where God’s use of language is so unpredictable?
The Resistible Grace of the Holy Spirit
Within their theology, Calvinists have a perfectly consistent mechanism to address the problem of people who cannot receive the things of the Spirit. They simply assert that the Spirit overrides the depravity of the human condition and forces salvation upon them. Centuries ago, John Calvin “solved” this problem the only way possible. In time, our preachers will also come to the same conclusion. From where they stand now, without turning back, Calvin’s conclusion is inescapable.
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When It was Impossible to Repent
What would have happened in A. D. 68 to a Jew who turned from the gifts of God given him through the Holy Spirit? He would have returned to his people. What then? Simply put, he would have died.
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