On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 20:09:25 +0000 (UTC), Warren Post
wrote:

>I´m trying to understand John 1:21a, where John the Baptist denies that
>he is Elijah. Yet Matthew tells us specifically that he was Elijah
>(17:12-13), and Mark and Luke both make this clear as well (Mr 9:13 and
>Lk 1:17).

It's recommended that you recheck Luke chapter 1, where it says that
John ministered "in the spirit and power of Elijah;" as opposed to
being some sort of reincarnation. In John ch 1, he was stating that he
was not some sort of reincarnation, that he was a differnet person
than Elijah.

>I´m not sure how to reconcile these verses. Could John the
>Baptist have recognized Jesus as Christ without recognizing himself in the
>prophesy of Malachi 4:5?

John could have been wrong, sure. He went through a time where he
wondered, then sent messengers to ascertain, if Jesus was really the
messiah.

>Was John lying or deliberately dissimulating?

Modern day baptists who embrace a landmark theology would throw an
unholy fit at such a suggesting. But in this case.....AFAIK.....no.

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Gary wrote:

> "Bob Felts" wrote in message
> news:A30520F2-981A-3C3D-EE8C-AAD4C9A8CFD2@srcbs.org...
> > Bart Goddard wrote:
> >
> > > gkmcnees@comcast.net wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > [...]
> >
> > >
> > > > That God loves ALL without exception. Unlike you, Luther, and
> > > > Calvinists who teach that God only loves (savingly) some "elect."
> > >
> > > You soooooooooooooo don't know what I believe. Neither I nor Luther
> > > taught that God loves only the elect.
> > >
> >
> > As a Calvinist, I can confidently say that God loves even those who are
> > in hell.
>
> Sure, He loved them soooooo much that He "passed them by,"
> and put them there with no recourse!
>
> Such love is too "wonderful" for words! NOT!
>

What then are we to say? Is there injustice on God's part? By no means!
For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I
will have compassion on whom I have compassion." So it depends not on
human will or exertion, but on God who shows mercy. For the scripture
says to Pharaoh, "I have raised you up for the very purpose of showing
my power in you, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth."
So then he has