Lol, that is what always puzzled me about this novel view. Goats will always be goats. The sheep are the chosen ones, some have realized their new birth and others will. No point in warning goats.
Harry
Steve Fuchs <SteveF_MS@...> wrote:
Chad,
I'm just curious your thoughts.
What's the point of warning goats?
Sincerely,
Steve
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Subject: Re: [soundofgrace] Acts 6 and deacons
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> From: "H Dorrington"
> > 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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