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I really love who people who don't have arguments accuse their opponents of being mentally disabled. At least prove their argument first before doing that
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And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws [Dan. 4:31–33].
"Nebuchadnezzar moves out of the palace, out yonder to live with nature. God deals with this man personally. As he departs from the plane of normality and rationality, his kingdom slips from him. The insane of that day were driven out rather than being placed in an institution for treatment. Under ordinary circumstances Nebuchadnezzar would never have been able to return to the throne; yet God promised that he would do so after he had learned his lesson.
History corroborates this event in the life of Nebuchadnezzar. Dr. Philip R. Newell has this note from Albert Barnes, “Josephus attributes to the Babylonian historian, Berosus, a definite reference concerning a strange malady suffered by Nebuchadnezzar before his death” (Daniel, the Man Greatly Beloved, and His Prophecies, p. 54)." McGee, J. V. (1997). Thru the Bible commentary (electronic ed.) (Da 4:32–33). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
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That was Nick. You have linked this post to my comment. :hammer: My name is SerpentDove. :skeptic:"Take that double minded fool who uses “slander” about me, like, ------- “Did Walgreen close before I could pick up my meds”?."
I really love who people who don't have arguments accuse their opponents of being mentally disabled. At least prove their argument first before doing that
That was Nick. You have linked this post to my comment. :hammer: My name is SerpentDove. :skeptic:
... :hammer: Still SerpentDove here. :skeptic:I know who I'm talking about, and so do you.
... :hammer: Still SerpentDove here. :skeptic:
You couldn't prove anything I say
Paul -- 072613
Hello RP2016. Thanks for quoting Scripture. God knows all things, yes, that are knowable. God can do all things, yes, that are doable. Can God make a duplicate of Himself? Can God make it good and right to hate Him forever? Can God erase one of the Persons of the trinity such that He had never existed? God can do everything doable, and He can know everything knowable. For example, God knows how many hairs are on your head (you might have 0 to 10^5), but he doesn't know how many hairs are on the boogieman's head, because the boogieman doesn't exist.1 John 3:20 refutes the open theist nonsense.
As for Enyart, he's both heretical in his theology (Open theism) and politically nuts. If you personally insulted him, that would be something to apologize for, but otherwise, I completely disagree with him on both theological and political issues.
Hello RP2016. Thanks for quoting Scripture. God knows all things, yes, that are knowable. God can do all things, yes, that are doable. Can God make a duplicate of Himself? Can God make it good and right to hate Him forever? Can God erase one of the Persons of the trinity such that He had never existed? God can do everything doable, and He can know everything knowable. For example, God knows how many hairs are on your head (you might have 0 to 10^5), but he doesn't know how many hairs are on the boogieman's head, because the boogieman doesn't exist.
So, RP2016, at Denver Bible Church we teach the future is not settled, but open, for God is free, and eternally creative, and He has not exhausted His ability to think NEW thoughts, write NEW songs, and design NEW butterflies. So, if God actually can think NEW thoughts, the future cannot be settled. And if God can implement those thoughts, the future cannot be settled.
Thanks for your thoughts RP'16.
-Bob Enyart
OpenTheism.org
Nang, if Bobby Fisher was playing a 5 year old in chess and before the match started, declared he would win (ie. declared the end from the beginning), would you say Bobby Fisher had no purposes, goals or intents? And would you say Bobby Fisher was just winging ("plotting") events in time, with no real knowledge or power to determine how things would turn out against that 5 year old?Hello Bob Enyart,
What you actually teach, is that God has no purposes, goals, nor intents.
According to you, God is just winging ("plotting") events in time, with no real knowledge or power to determine how things will turn out
Nang, if Bobby Fisher was playing a 5 year old in chess and before the match started, declared he would win (ie. declared the end from the beginning), would you say Bobby Fisher had no purposes, goals or intents? And would you say Bobby Fisher was just winging ("plotting") events in time, with no real knowledge or power to determine how things would turn out against that 5 year old?
I fully understand why you don't want to answer my questions.Your attempt at analogy fails, for you conflate all parties referenced.
What you actually teach, is that God has no purposes, goals, nor intents.
You know what-- Enyart and I serve the same Jesus and desire to share with others about His love. This is what is important. That is why I love this guy. I apologize for the times I have demeaned his ministry. I was wrong in doing so. Yes, I have some serious problems with some of his teachings but when it comes to the essentials we agree. I bless him and his family.
Hello Bob Enyart,
What you actually teach, is that God has no purposes, goals, nor intents.
According to you, God is just winging ("plotting") events in time, with no real knowledge or power to determine how things will turn out (let alone possessing any certain knowledge of who will end up in His eternal kingdom, or not).
Which is denial of God's Sovereignty altogether; making all things dependent upon the (so-called sovereign) choices of His creatures rather than from determinations according His sovereign and willful choices made from eternity, that MUST be done!
Without fail . . .
Nang
Totally wrong here Nang, I have a ton of teaching albums from Bob and you obviously do not.Hello Bob Enyart,
What you actually teach, is that God has no purposes, goals, nor intents.
No, according to the Bible, which Bob teaches from, God desires all men to be saved and He gave us free will. It is evident that He gave us free will on pretty much every page of the Bible you can turn to. It does not make sense otherwise. I have been told by settled view types that everything in the Bible that suggests we have free will is simply "poetic". Do you maintain that also?According to you, God is just winging ("plotting") events in time, with no real knowledge or power to determine how things will turn out (let alone possessing any certain knowledge of who will end up in His eternal kingdom, or not).
Can God make man with free will and still be sovereign? I have no problem with that. Do you think it would break God?Which is denial of God's Sovereignty altogether;
Do you really think Open Theists don't believe God can make things happen whenever He wants to? Ever met an Open Theist who thought Paul might not have been converted on the road to Damascus? God didn't take over Paul's brain and change it, but He showed Himself to Saul in a manner He knew would change "Paul". Paul's will remained, and God's will was done. That is how it works. Open Theism gives God way more credit than the settled idea that God wrote a script for every detail of history before creation. Our freedom does not threaten God, if you think otherwise, you have a lower view of God than Open Theists do. It is the plain reading of the book.making all things dependent upon the (so-called sovereign) choices of His creatures rather than from determinations according His sovereign and willful choices made from eternity, that MUST be done!
Remains to be seen . . .Without fail . . .
Nang
Is God free?God not knowing the future is not really an argument against the alleged charge of a loving God not creating people to send them to Hell.
First of all, he didn't do this. God, logically, did not predestine anyone to be saved until Adam's sin infected the whole human race when he fell.
1 John 3:20 refutes the open theist nonsense.
As for Enyart, he's both heretical in his theology (Open theism) and politically nuts. If you personally insulted him, that would be something to apologize for, but otherwise, I completely disagree with him on both theological and political issues.
I have to disagree with you there, Bob. I say that God knows that since the bogeyman does not exist that there are therefore 0 hairs on his head.Hello RP2016. Thanks for quoting Scripture. God knows all things, yes, that are knowable. God can do all things, yes, that are doable. Can God make a duplicate of Himself? Can God make it good and right to hate Him forever? Can God erase one of the Persons of the trinity such that He had never existed? God can do everything doable, and He can know everything knowable. For example, God knows how many hairs are on your head (you might have 0 to 10^5), but he doesn't know how many hairs are on the boogieman's head, because the boogieman doesn't exist.
So, RP2016, at Denver Bible Church we teach the future is not settled, but open, for God is free, and eternally creative, and He has not exhausted His ability to think NEW thoughts, write NEW songs, and design NEW butterflies. So, if God actually can think NEW thoughts, the future cannot be settled. And if God can implement those thoughts, the future cannot be settled.
Thanks for your thoughts RP'16.
-Bob Enyart
OpenTheism.org
Your attempt at analogy fails, for you conflate all parties referenced.
(And, is your name "Bob Enyart?")
Nang
You can say that again. (((((87er8iy_0))))))