[soundofgrace] Re: [soundofgrace] Acts 6 and deacons

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From: "Steve Fuchs" <SteveF_MS@...>
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 21:29:54 -0800
Chad,

I'm just curious your thoughts.

What's the point of warning goats?

Sincerely,
Steve


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chad Richard Bresson" <breusswane@...>
To: <soundofgrace@...>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: [soundofgrace] Acts 6 and deacons


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "H Dorrington" <hjdinfl@...>
> >  Oh yes, the passage that tell us that the goats make great teachers! 
> > Not.
> > It is rather describing those who are spiritual "babes" in Christ .
>
> I disagree.  In giving them the benefit of the doubt, he is still holding
> out the possibility that they are in danger of neglecting their salvation.
> What looks like a babe in Christ, if it never grows, is an imposter (Heb.
> 6:6-8 - same thought, same context).  If they stay "dull of hearing" will
> "end up being burned" (Heb. 6:8).
>
> The contrasts of the warning passages are almost exclusively, through the
> whole of the NT, between sheep and goats and almost never between 
> categories
> of Christians.  Those "categories" just don't exist.
>
> Pastor Chad Richard Bresson
> Clearcreek Chapel
> Springboro, OH
> http://breusswane.blogspot.com
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