Zone, Just because you disagree with the view someone espouses does not give you license to be disrespectful (calling someone by their real name rather then their user name etc…) or to LIE in order to misrepresent the view being espoused so you can falsely claim you have proven it wrong! Doing so only serves to hurt your credibility by demonstrating that you are not capable of providing an honest evaluation of the view being espoused. So let’s have a look at one (no need to beat a dead horse and provide multiple examples) of ofyour statements and expose the lie you are promoting.
From post 31 this thread:
Show us where Therapon said that Jews don’t need Jesus? You can’t because he didn’t say it, nor does his post imply that. No where does Therapon say that the Jews don’t need Jesus as you falsely claim (I.E. LIE). Regardless of whether or not one is intentionally or unintentionally misrepresenting what someone else is saying does not change the fact that the misrepresentation is a lie. Therapon has explained it is not a case of the sovereignly blinded Jew not needing Jesus (as you falsely rrepresent his view to be) but instead a case of them coming to know Jesus and being born again through the only Scriptures they are allowed to see, the Old Testament. It’s not really all that difficult to understand but it does require one to be intellectually honest when evaluating what Scripture says instead of blindly following the doctrines of men or leaning on private interpretations.
Joh 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
So clearly, all must be born again in order to see the kingdom of God. This includes everybody not just those who lived after the crucifixion. Even Old testament saints like Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses had to be born again. That is why Christ told Nicodemus before the crucifixion:
Joh 3:7Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
Regardless of whether one is Jew or Gentile (by birth), or their position on the timeline (pre or post crucifixion) if they are to see the kingdom of God they must be born again. In today’s world (year 2013), almost all (not all) of us our allowed to see the truth of the Gospel and as a result must choose to accept or reject the gift of salvation based upon that knowledge. The reason I said almost all of us is because part (not all) of the Jews, have been sovereignly blinded by God until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in and as a result that select group of Jews are not allowed to see the gospel. So in the case of those select Jews (once again, not all Jews were blinded this only applies to those sovereignly blinded) that have been sovereignly blinded by God, we must ask are they in transgression by failing to recognize the truth of Christ’s first advent and the gospel? Of course not because where there is no law there is no transgression.
Rom 4:15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
As Romans 4:15 tells us where there is no law there is no transgression, so for the Jews that have been given the spirit of slumber (not all Jews only those given the spirit of slumber by God until the fullness of the Gentiles comes in) there is no transgression because there is no law that requires them to accept or reject the first advent of Christ and the gospel based on what the New Testament teaches. Instead the only method of salvation available to the select group of Jews that have been sovereignly blinded until the fullness of the Gentiles comes in is by returning to the Old Testament and coming to know Christ and being born again just as Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses were.
1Co 10:1-4 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea: And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea: And did all eat the same spiritual meat: And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
If the sovereignly blinded can’t come to know Christ and be born again through the only Scriptures they are allowed to see, the Old Testament, then what is the reason behind provoking them to jealousy? It isn’t so that they accept something they are sovereignly blinded to, but instead to make them turn to Christ through the only Scriptures they are allowed to see and come to know Christ and be born again just Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and all the other Old Testament saints did. (providing God a way to be true to His word and keep the everlasting covenant alive, in addition their blindness opens the door for the New Covenant providing God with a second witness).
Now please be intellectually honest and provide a yes or no answer to a couple questions.
Aren’t all required to be born again to see the kingdom of God?
Are there enemies of the gospel that are elect?
Did God make an everlasting covenant with the Jews?
These will require a bit more then a yes or no.
Zone can you provide a Scripturally sound argument that shows how one can be an enemy of the gospel yet still be elect? Can you provide a Scripturally sound explanation how the everlasting covenant God made with the Jews is everlasting, if there are no Jews still observing that covenant?
Are you willing to address the actual issue in an effort to find the truth? How does mocking, ridiculing, being disrespectful or misrepresenting (I.E. lying) promote a productive discussion? I wonder who would want you to continue using the tactics you’ve been using.
Col 4:6 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Is being disrespectful to Therapon (by using his real name instead of his user name or mocking him) doing as the above verse instructs? Is misrepresenting (I.E. lying) doing as the above verse instructs? I find it impossible to believe the tactics and disrespect you use are inspired by God or that God would want you to continue behaving in such a manner.
It is your right to disagree and even argue the point. But at least be intellectually honest and base your argument on what is actually being said and not some LIE (regardless of whether the lie is intentional or unintentional) that you are perpetuating about his view.