Comments on: Not Ready to Draw Daggers http://blog.wsbaptist.org/general/16/ West Salem Baptist Church Blog Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:23:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Karen Atkins http://blog.wsbaptist.org/general/16/#comment-278 Karen Atkins Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:42:40 +0000 http://blog.wsbaptist.org/general/16/#comment-278 Thank you Pastor Nick for being the man in CHRIST you are!! Especially for this statement: "Likewise, I am not ready to draw daggers, but by God’s grace and by His Spirit I will give myself to preach the whole counsel of the Bible and trust God to do the rest. On His grace alone I am wholly dependant…" I appreciate you preaching the whole truth of God's word, also the knowledge and understanding of the bible you bring.I even welcome the times my toes get stepped on---I was always told if your toes get stepped on then they where in the way. Thank you Pastor Nick for being the man in CHRIST you are!! Especially for this statement:
“Likewise, I am not ready to draw daggers, but by God’s grace and by His Spirit I will give myself to preach the whole counsel of the Bible and trust God to do the rest. On His grace alone I am wholly dependant…” I appreciate you preaching the whole truth of God’s word, also the knowledge and understanding of the bible you bring.I even welcome the times my toes get stepped on—I was always told if your toes get stepped on then they where in the way.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.wsbaptist.org/general/16/#comment-314 Anonymous Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:12:14 +0000 http://blog.wsbaptist.org/general/16/#comment-314 There are some things I would take a bullet for and some things I would not. In regard to Jesus Christ being the son of God, I would take a bullet. In regard to the Holy Bible being written by the hand of God, I would take a bullet. In regard to election, I would not take a bullet...even though I read it as true in Ephesians 1:4…and Acts 13:48…Romans 9:13…Romans 8:29,30…1 John 4:10 the list could go on. The point is that I would not make this a dividing point of fellowship because it is not a requirement for acceptance into the family of God. How can I say you are not my brother when we share the same Father? How can I refuse fellowship with you? I can not. So who is right? The answer is one of us and not both of us. The unfortunate thing is that somebody has to be wrong. The problem is not with the clarity of the word of God, the problem is with the imperfect human. My opinion and strong conviction is that it is human nature for all to be fair and so we want God to be "fair" too. Our government legislates fairness; our culture points to fairness, our schools teach fairness so why not slap that principal on the doctrines of grace too? In our minds it is easy to write off certain doctrines as unfair but where does it say in the bible that God is supposed to be fair? It says He is just. And by justice we all deserve absolutely no grace from God. Read about fairness in Romans 9:13. It says that before they were ever born, God said, "I have loved Jacob; I have hated Esau. 14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.” There is justice with God…not unrighteousness. I am not trying to make a pitch for what I believe. I am simply stating I have strong convictions towards the doctrines of grace and I also fellowship with my opposing brother every chance I get. I would even go so far as to say I admire him because of his own convictions and his willingness to stand up for what he believes to be true. Just please do not draw a line in the playground sandpit and say “I dare you to cross it” because I will just leave you standing there with your fists up. West Salem Member Postscript: Thanks for not swaying Pastor Nick, regardless of your stance on the doctrines of grace. There are some things I would take a bullet for and some things I would not. In regard to Jesus Christ being the son of God, I would take a bullet. In regard to the Holy Bible being written by the hand of God, I would take a bullet. In regard to election, I would not take a bullet…even though I read it as true in Ephesians 1:4…and Acts 13:48…Romans 9:13…Romans 8:29,30…1 John 4:10 the list could go on. The point is that I would not make this a dividing point of fellowship because it is not a requirement for acceptance into the family of God. How can I say you are not my brother when we share the same Father? How can I refuse fellowship with you? I can not.

So who is right? The answer is one of us and not both of us. The unfortunate thing is that somebody has to be wrong. The problem is not with the clarity of the word of God, the problem is with the imperfect human. My opinion and strong conviction is that it is human nature for all to be fair and so we want God to be “fair” too. Our government legislates fairness; our culture points to fairness, our schools teach fairness so why not slap that principal on the doctrines of grace too? In our minds it is easy to write off certain doctrines as unfair but where does it say in the bible that God is supposed to be fair? It says He is just. And by justice we all deserve absolutely no grace from God. Read about fairness in Romans 9:13. It says that before they were ever born, God said, “I have loved Jacob; I have hated Esau. 14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.” There is justice with God…not unrighteousness.

I am not trying to make a pitch for what I believe. I am simply stating I have strong convictions towards the doctrines of grace and I also fellowship with my opposing brother every chance I get. I would even go so far as to say I admire him because of his own convictions and his willingness to stand up for what he believes to be true. Just please do not draw a line in the playground sandpit and say “I dare you to cross it” because I will just leave you standing there with your fists up.

West Salem Member

Postscript: Thanks for not swaying Pastor Nick, regardless of your stance on the doctrines of grace.

]]> By: William P Wilson http://blog.wsbaptist.org/general/16/#comment-373 William P Wilson Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:59:28 +0000 http://blog.wsbaptist.org/general/16/#comment-373 Hi West Salm Baptist Church. You have a very nice Church Blog where people can come and discuss all sort of Reformed Topics. Yours in his true Grace from William P Wilson England UK Hi West Salm Baptist Church. You have a very nice Church Blog where people can come and discuss all sort of Reformed Topics.
Yours in his true Grace from William P Wilson England UK

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