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basicallyblues wrote:

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> Even if Ignatius had said that the Son was equal to the Father in
> eternity, power, position, and wisdom, it would still not be a
Trinity,
> for nowhere did he say that the holy spirit was equal to God i

Does it matter? What matters is what the Scriptures themselves attest
to. If the Spirit of God which moved on the face of the waters, which
strove with the antediluvians, which came upon Moses, which gave skill
to artisans, and which inspired the prophets, is the power of God
-then the Spirit which came upon the Apostles, which Christ promised to
send as a comforter and advocate, and to which the instruction,
sanctification, and guidance of the people of God are referred, must
also be the power of God. But if the Spirit is clearly revealed to be
a person in the later parts of Scripture, it is plain that the earlier
portions must be understood in the same way. One part of the Bible,
and much less one or a few passages must not be taken by themselves,
and receive any interpretation which the isolated words may bear, but
Scripture must interpret Scripture.

Another obvious remark on this subject is, that the Spirit of God is
equally prominent in all parts of the word of God. His intervention
does not occur on rare occasions, as the appearance of angels, or the
Theophanies, of which mention is made here and there in the Scriptures.
Rather, He is represented as everywhere present and everywhere
operative. One might as well strike from the Bible the name and
doctrine of God, as the name and office of the Spirit.

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gkmcnees@comcast.net wrote:

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>
> Bart Goddard wrote:
>
> Rather, the only way to be assured of our salvation is
> to look at Christ on the Cross. A man can say "I know
> I am saved because Christ was crucified for me." His
> salvation is an objective fact.
>
> Bart, you say, "A man can say 'I know
> I am saved because Christ was crucified for me.' "
>
> How do you know that Christ was crucified for YOU?

Why would I not know?


> I know He was crucified for ME because I believe
> what He has said to me in Scripture.

Right. This sums up your error. Jesus died for you
because He knew in advance that you would believe in
Him. In other words, you're superior to all those
folks who Jesus knew wouldn't believe in Him.

You take two guys. One believes and the other doesn't.
In your system, this has nothing to do with being
reborn, because it hasn't happened yet. The believing
is a quality of the first guy which the second guy
doesn't hav