tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636101379916124937.post9084073475436370875..comments2024-02-25T22:00:21.788-06:00Comments on theearstohear: The King's EdictUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636101379916124937.post-81005839658269580702017-06-14T12:26:49.651-05:002017-06-14T12:26:49.651-05:00UNK: Do you believe it is possible for people to u...UNK: Do you believe it is possible for people to understand the true gospel without ever hearing it? <br /><br />TETH: It would seem impossible for someone to have an understanding of the "true gospel" apart from having been instructed in it which would require hearing. That said, it would be foolish to completely rule out gospel understanding given that God is omnipotent and thus evidently capable of immediately implanting explicit and comprehensive gospel understanding into the mind were he so inclined. However, I don't see evidence of this in the scriptures. <br /><br />UNK: The reason I bring this up is after reading some of your blogs I get the notion that you might think it is possible. <br /><br />TETH: I think it is possible. But I don't see any scriptural evidence to support that it God has immediately implanted explicit and comprehensive gospel knowledge into one's mind. What say you? Do you believe that this is impossible for God? <br /><br />UNK: For example Charles spurgeon or John Piper you and I agree their doctrines contradict themselves but have they ever heard it properly explained.<br /><br />TETH: I can't really say with certainty whether these men ever heard the gospel properly explained to them. That said, I believe some of the doctrines that they reject as "HyperCalvinism" may give an indication that they have heard a better explanation of the gospel, and summarily rejected it in favor of their beloved and erroneous Well-Meant-Offerism. <br /><br />TETH: I suppose I should state that I do not believe that all of God's elect come to a proper understanding of gospel mechanics during the course of their natural lives. In fact, I believe that a great many of God's regenerate sheep in this world (who fear God and work righteousness, and thus show forth the saving grace of God in their hearts and that they are accepted with him - Acts 10:35) do not come to a proper, biblical understanding of the gospel message of salvation by the grace of Christ during their natural lives. Do they love God? Yes. Do they try to serve him? Yes. Do they understand the gospel to the extent that is possible through right division of the word of God? No. Many of them do not. <br /><br />TETH: This is one of the areas where PBs part company with many Calvinists. We believe that many Arminian Christians are born of the spirit of God, though their understanding opposes the truth in many ways. A great many Calvinists insist that unless one has a proper understanding of salvation by grace that this is an evident token of perdition. We believe that to take this position is to express an error that is ironically quite Arminian. The Arminian insists that man must DO something in order to be eternally saved. Many Calvinists insist that man must UNDERSTAND something in order to be eternally saved. Primitive Baptists are not nearly so sanguine about either man's DOING or UNDERSTANDING, and instead place all our confidence on the gospel promise that Christ himself fulfilled ALL of the requirements on behalf of his covenant people (Matthew 1:21) and that all one ever sees in a child of God is an imperfect, ex post facto evidence of saving grace already imparted to them (Galatians 5:22) and that this by no means insures a proper biblical understanding of gospel mechanics. <br /><br />God bless, <br />TETH theearstohearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02331127432012852113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636101379916124937.post-54445141266537147922016-02-21T20:24:50.327-06:002016-02-21T20:24:50.327-06:00Do you believe it is possible for people to unders...Do you believe it is possible for people to understand the true gospel without ever hearing it? The reason I bring this up is after reading some of your blogs I get the notion that you might think it is posssible. For example Charles spurgeon or John Piper you and I agree their doctrines contradict themselves but have they ever heard it properly explained.Ricky Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169300440287917765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636101379916124937.post-44895818868960691952015-08-24T17:37:12.482-05:002015-08-24T17:37:12.482-05:00I was searching for the combination of "procl...I was searching for the combination of "proclaim" and "captives" in scripture. I found, Luke 4:18 says, "He hath anointed me...to preach deliverance to the captives."<br /><br />Then 1 Peter 3:18-20 where Christ preached to those in Hell.<br /><br />Were there children of God there who needed to be told they were free, or was this just a notice to those of His judgement on them before the days of Noah.<br /><br />Or, maybe another explanation.<br /><br />Kindest regards,<br />Garygaryk51188https://www.blogger.com/profile/14093178831104254709noreply@blogger.com