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In the normal way of things, I don't think one should expect very much in the way of Christian policies from Boris Johnson. There is a 'quickie divorce' bill working it's way through Parliament at the present time, and parents are about to lose their right to withdraw their children from lessons...

If the Lord Jesus were an ordinary man, you would have a point but He is the One in whom, 'All the fullness of the Godhead lives bodily' (Colossians 2:9). Turretine wrote, 'Christ alone ought to be estimated at a higher value than all men together. The dignity of an infinite person swallows...

I'm sorry to be coming in on this so late. I have read all 700+ posts, so if anyone has already posted what I'm going to say, my apologies again. There are no denominations in the Bible. They are a sign of our sinful humanity ( 1 Corinthians 1:10). Nor does one have to be a great theologian...

You are correct. One of us keeps claiming to follow the 'Classic view,' and might therefore be considered to be following tradition. That someone is not I. :D

The "you" is everyone who reads His words in the Bible or hears them preached.

The Thessalonians were not in darkness because they had the words of Christ to guide them and the words of Paul: 'For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.......therefore let us not sleep as others do, but watch and be sober,' and they followed...

:rolleyes: The Scripture is absolutely clear. "You do not know when the time is......Watch therefore, for yo do not know when the master of the house is coming" (Mark 13:33, 35). It is you who are allying yourself with Camping and all the other loonies who thought they were wiser than Christ.

Hello Charity, I know just what you mean. I have been pondering Amos 4:6-12. This virus should be a wake-up call to an unbelieving world, but the world doesn't seem to be waking up just now. But I was listening to a fine sermon by Alistair Begg earlier. have a listen; I think you'll be...

So did Harold Camping :)

First, I'm sorry if I upset you, but it was you who said you were not that familiar with the Bible. Second, I don't involve myself in pointless arguments about eschatology ------------------------------------------------ Dream on. The way not to be in darkness and taken by surprise is to...

Hello Bobby Jo, If you mean that you are quite a new Christian, may I encourage you not to get involved with either eschatology or Bible versions? Keep the main thing as the main thing. 'For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified' (1 Corinthians 2:2)...

I disagree. The Bible is for all people at all times. Matthew 24:4-14 is an account of what will happen in the time between our Lord's ascension and His coming again. As a Gentile, I cannot rip half of the Gospels out of my Bible on the grounds that it doesn't apply to me.

I think Matthew 4:6-7 has something to say to us here: 'You shall not test the Lord your God.'

Absolutely not! 'And when they had preached the gospel to that city [Derbe] and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch, strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, "We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom...

This is off topic, so I will not argue over it, but declare it just the once. John 6:37. 'All that the Father gives Me will come to Me.........' 'Will come.' The Apostles had already come. All the elect of the Father were given to the Son in eternity (Ephesians 1:4-6) and the Lord Jesus...

It's not a question of our preference, but what the Bible says. Matthew 24:13, "But he who endures to the end shall be saved." The Lord Jesus will not lose one of those whom the Father has given Him (John 6:39 etc.), but it is still necessary that they endure.

I agree with you. I would not have brought the matter up if the O.P had not claimed that the NKJV translation affected doctrine.

I am not one of those who wishes to slag off the KJV unnecessarily; in many ways it is an excellent translation and those who worked on it were the finest scholars of their day. As an itinerant preacher I'm always happy to preach from it when asked. Also, the Byzantine Text, which I believe to...

New King James 1 Corinthians 1:18. 'For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.' This is the correct translation. sozomenois, 'are being saved,' is in the Present tense, which in Greek denotes continuous action...

I know I am saved because I know I am a sinner, and the Lord Jesus came into the world to save such (1 Timothy 1:15 etc.). I have come to Christ for salvation and He promises that the one who comes to Him He will by no means cast out (John 6:37). It is my deep desire to keep His commandments...