In a message dated 7/29/05 4:20:31 PM, wperkin2@... writes:


> Remember Christ's parables of wheat and tares, good fruit vs. bad fruit,
> false prophets and that not all that call Him "Lord, Lord" will enter the
> kingdom of God.  Those parables were spoken to the religious people of His
> day in covenant with God not to lost sinners who were not Jews and not in
> covenant with God.
> 

Thanks Bill! 
I recall how, years ago, I used to twist these very verses because they did 
not fit the system I believed in. Calvinism, in my opinion, is a Procrustean 
Bed. Procrustius was an innkeeper who has an iron bed he made available to 
travelers. The problem was that his guests were either too short or too long to 
sleep comfortably. But Procrustius was an easy answer to the problem. If the 
guests were to short he simply stretched him out till he fit. If the guest was too 
long he simply chopped off enough of him till he fit. Most "systems" are 
Procrustean Beds that require violence to scripture to make it fit the logic of 
the system. 
Glenn+

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