Izzy wrote: > David, Wow; what an impressive man of God. > Do you know if he was a Sabbath keeper?
:-) Hubert was a very big dispensationalist. He wrote a two volume set whose entire purpose was to illustrate the difference between the "kingdom of heaven" and the "kingdom of God." Hubert believed that not understanding this led to all manner of misunderstandings of Scripture. The four gospels he considered irrelevant for the church. Jesus came to the lost sheep of Israel and so the gospels pertain to the kingdom of heaven, whose rejection led to the current church age. If believers did not understand this distinction of dispensations, Hubert believed that their theology would forever be confusing and illogical. Hubert was against doing anything that would be remotely Jewish. For this reason, he not only rejected Sabbath Keeping in the Seventh Day Adventist sense of observance, but like Quakers, he rejected water baptism because it was a Jewish ritual. He basically stressed the Pauline epistles as being THE Scriptures for the church age. His viewpoint was that Paul was not sent to baptize, so neither should Christians go forth baptizing. He stressed faith that comes from hearing God's Word. Hubert had this very clear view that sinners were vile and despicable, but they were that way because of original sin. They couldn't help it. Hubert often stressed this in his preaching. He would say to a student with a smile on his face, "You are a poor, miserable, wretched wicked sinner! You have never done one good thing for God. You hate God. God bless your dirty heart!" Hubert believed strongly in the sovereignty of God to save sinners, so until God unveiled himself to sinners, they had no choice but to go right on sinning. So he boldly rebuked and scolded sinners in the harshest terms. Because of his theology, while he appeared on the surface to be extremely harsh and condemning, there was this attitude that people could sense that he truly loved everyone. Hubert had no tolerance for Christians who continued to sin. For Hubert, it was all or nothing. Christians don't sin period, and anybody who thought otherwise were ignorant of the Scriptures. Hubert taught strongly that there was no such thing as a carnal Christian. A so-called "carnal Christian" was someone who still lived under the Adamic nature and was therefore not in Christ. You can't be in Christ and continue to live under the Adamic nature. A common phrase of Hubert's was, "you are ignorant!" Students despised that, but Hubert was a walking concordance and could quote chapter and verse for any passage that students attempted to bring up. He would quote the texts verbatim on the spot, so his phrase "you are ignorant" carried a lot of weight and made students stop and think just how ignorant they were of the Bible. Hubert also had an incredible sense of humor which he used to diffuse the hostility toward him that was generated from his crude and direct remarks. I have never known anyone who was faster on his feet with a humorous comeback to some mocking remark by a student. Peace be with you. David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
