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I was wondering about Jesus and his encounter with Mary after his
resurrection -- why was it that Mary was the first person Jesus talked
to after his resurrection? While contemplating this, I noticed in John
20:16 that when Mary had talked to Jesus not knowing it was him, Jesus
replied "Mary!". Some translations do not present Mary here as an
exclamation, and some do (like the NAB). Any thoughts on which is more
likely and why?

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Gary McNees wrote:

> Matthew Johnson wrote:
> > In article <114.28.21.05.812658000@srcbs.org>, lsenders@hotmail.com
> > says...
> >
>
> >
> >
> >> That mistake is to suppose that free will and divine sovereignty are
> >>antithetical.
> >
> >
> > But with YOUR definition of 'soverignty', they most certainly ARE
> > antithetical.
> >
>
> I think you hit the proverbial "nail on the head."
>
> God being sovereign does not mean that man cannot do that which
> God forbids, and which God does not will that he do.

That's exactly what God's sovereignty means.

>
> It means that God PERMITS man to disobey Him. But only permits,
> man does not and cannot do anything that God does not permit him to do.
>
> The Reformed idea of Sovereignty that man when he sins is actually
> doing the will of God is very wrong.
>

When a character in a book does evil, is he acting in accordance with,
or against, the will of the author?

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Stephen M. Adams wrote:
> "basicallyblues" writes:
> >Stephen Adams wrote:
> >
> >>As notted, Here's the exchange between 'skw' (a JW) and me:
> >
> >It's too long to read and I don't see the point.
>
> Funny, you post very lengthy articles expecting us to read them.
> But you don't read a lengthy article that shows a long exchange
> that debunks one of the theories that you are trying to pass off.
>
I think some of problem revolves around the fact that the doctrine of
the Trinity is an implicit biblical testimony. There are those who
require explicit testimony. Those who do so are usually of the mind
that perspicuity of Scripture means that all the primary or essential
doctrines are stated with absolute clarity in the Bible.

In the fall edition of the "Master's Seminary Journal" (15), Larry
Pettegrew lists eight aspects of true perspicuity.

1) Scripture is clear enough for even the simplest of minds to live by
2) Scripture is deep enough for readers of the