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Originally posted by Auntie_Belle_Um
if a Christian says you are not a Christian, it should be a warning to you that you have believed a lie, you have been misled. It is not meant as an insult.
Ok Auntie, Just so I'm clear, you are saying that all it takes, is for a Christian to say you are not a christian, to make it true?
So If any Christian calls you, auntie, not a Christian, you then have been rendered not a Christian? Just by their declaration?
WOW.
Don't you run into a problem with that however?
what seems to me to be an inherant difficulty in your premise, is that how can you know that the person calling you "un-christian" is in fact a Christian themselves?
In fact, How do I know that you are a Christian auntie? I mean, you say you are, and I really have no reason to doubt you, but can I really know, without a doubt, what is in your heart?
Isn't that something only "God" knows for sure?
They can talk the talk but do they walk the walk in their heart? Do you know what is in the heart of every individual aunti? That would be amazing if you did, then you could in fact tell who is Christian and who isn't without a doubt. You actually believe you can do that?
As for me, you'll never find making any such claim that I pretend to "know" who is Christian and who isn't for That's someything only God knows for sure, and I must bow to His superiority. But hey, you certainly have every right to believe you have the same ability as God to tell who is Christian and who isn't, so, have at it!
Originally posted by Auntie_Belle_Um
The heart of the Bible is reconciliation to God and to each other, and that reconciliation was accomplished at the Cross of Jesus the Christ. No eschatology needed to tell the story of salvation. No need to study the Greek. If I know nothing more than Christ Crucified, I know all I need to know to love the Lord and accept His free gift of salvation.
What a coincidence, thats exactly what I believe!
I guess I'm confused by your flip-floping.
On one hand, you accuse preterists of not being Christians because of our eschatology, then in the same breath, you affirm my original asertion that ones eschatology has no bearing on ones salvation.
Which is it really.....?
Your Brother in Christ,
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