Did their paganism and total lack of Godly
comprehension keep them from
understanding how to repent?
"Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be
overthrown."
I'm with Bill on this one. God is with Bill
on this one, IMO, of course.
I'm not surprised since you and Bill are
so into culture and all that - but don't bring God into your
folly.
The pagan Persian City of Nineveh repented
at the preaching of Jonah (Luke 11:32) And what do you
suppose his message to them
was?
How interesting - Debbie Sawzak is of a
Calvinistic bent; because after all it is his doctrine that claims one
must be regenerated before it is possible to repent because of "total
depravity" and this comes out of a
misunderstanding of the spiritual realities
involved.
Is repentance part of the Gospel? Yes, the NT is
replete with directives to repent. But repentance is not a means by
which or through which people are saved. It is Jesus Christ who is our
Savior. Salvation is in him, complete with mediation on our behalf.
Repentance is therefore our response to the greatest news the
world has ever heard; it is our response to the good news of Jesus
Christ. Amen.
Lance, I now see what you meant today about the exchange bw
Bill and David, having read the full message from Bill. The above is
the crux, isn't it? It (esp the part I bolded) reminds me of what
Victor said numerous times in his Human Person course: I know Christ
first of all, before anything else, as my Saviour. The accountability,
the repentance, arise out of that.
D
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