[sword-devel] Doctrinal Statement

[Gary Amirault]

 So everyone will be saved?  Then why evangelize?  Leave the heathen alone,
> or better yet, join them, since they seem to be having all of the fun...


Gary: I love my wife because I love her. I don't need a law or commandment
to do what comes naturally. I preach Jesus because Christ lives in my heart.
I don't need an eternal barbeque pit to force me to evangelize. Evangelizing
is living in Christ. They are one and the same...it's just like breathing.
That fact that you must force yourself to create a big boogie man to do what
is quite natural reveals your spiritual condition. Traditions of men make
the word of God of no effect.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-sword-devel@crosswire.org
[mailto:owner-sword-devel@crosswire.org]On Behalf Of John Keiser
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 1:46 AM
To: sword-devel@crosswire.org
Subject: RE: [sword-devel] Doctrinal Statement


Please stop this debate now.  This is WAY off topic and this particular
thread is going to pollute this mailing list, I can see it already.

You can voice your assent to this message by not responding to it :)

--John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sword-devel@crosswire.org
> [mailto:owner-sword-devel@crosswire.org]On Behalf Of
> darwin@ichristian.com
> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 11:37 PM
> To: sword-devel@crosswire.org
> Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Doctrinal Statement
>
>
>
> Gary Amirault writes:
>
> > "Why can't we all just get along?" is great in the context of
> peace in the
> > inner city, but theologically, it is the road to Hell.
> >
> > Gary: I thought "hell" was predestined from the foundation of
> the world. One
> > doesn't walk on a road to get there, one is born into simply for being
> > created. What a sick sick god, or a sick sick view of the God
> who said He
> > "will have all men be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth."
>
> So everyone will be saved?  Then why evangelize?  Leave the heathen alone,
> or better yet, join them, since they seem to be having all of the fun...
>
> Gary didn't write that, I did.  But by studying I have to say "Yes", God
> destines some to Hell, which is where we all deserve to go!  I struggled
> with this for wuite a while, and still don't fully undeerstand
> it, nor will
> I until God tells me himself after my resurrection.
>
> One either has to believe that some are destined to Hell, or that God's
> will can be circumvented by a mere man.  I can tell you which ones most
> churches preach, because it puts people in the pews.
>
> It is a hard teaching, but when you understand that Hell is where we would
> all end up if not for God's mercy, it brings about gratitude and
> thanksgiving.
>
> The fact that I used symbolic language, as scripture does in this case,
> does not indicate that it is a journey, but that the way is narrow.
> Remember to treat symbolic language symbolically, or you will
> have to climb
> back into your mother's womb to be born again...  ;-)
>
> --
>    Darwin Gregory
>
>    Jesus is the way, the truth and the life.
>    Evolution is a myth...
>