tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22575956.post114241899725243998..comments2023-06-02T05:56:55.748-05:00Comments on Love Each Stone: Love Covers, part IIDavid Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11701934251748260267noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22575956.post-1142522347989507222006-03-16T09:19:00.000-06:002006-03-16T09:19:00.000-06:00David,Thanks for the clarification.Keep up the goo...David,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the clarification.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work and courageous stand.<BR/><BR/>JamesJames Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00748728650999497693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22575956.post-1142452899690541562006-03-15T14:01:00.000-06:002006-03-15T14:01:00.000-06:00James,I'm with you here. There were a few statemen...James,<BR/><BR/>I'm with you here. There were a few statements that made you wonder if he was opening the door a bit too widely, weren't there?<BR/><BR/>In any case, I don't think this invalidates the main point.<BR/><BR/>I go back to the quotes in Part I: "The principal thesis of this book is that in the Church, or Body of Christ, acceptance and fellowship with one another should be on the basis of common spiritual parentage rather than on common views or opinions in nonessentials to salvation," and<BR/>"For the purpose of this book, the term 'essentials to salvation' will be considered as the minimum beliefs necessary for the new birth." I agree with you that sacramental salvation is a distortion of essential points of biblical soteriology. I hope Billheimer did not mean to indicate otherwise, but there are a few places where it leaves you wondering.<BR/><BR/>DavidDavid Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11701934251748260267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22575956.post-1142447313051138002006-03-15T12:28:00.000-06:002006-03-15T12:28:00.000-06:00We are one with the body of Christ and with the Lo...We are one with the body of Christ and with the Lord, to be sure...that is, those who've come to God on His terms: grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.<BR/><BR/>Those who've done that...well, I should consider them family, no matter the denomination; however, if someone is preaching a "gospel" that deviates from the faith once for all delivered to the saints then let him be eternally damned, I say it again, even if I or an angel brings forth a "gospel" that is different than grace alone, through faith alone in Christ alone...then let that person be damned. (poor paraphrase of Paul, but you get the picture).<BR/><BR/>Baptismal Regeneration is another gospel.<BR/><BR/>Salvific Grace dispensed through the Sacraments is another gospel.<BR/><BR/>Saying you're a believer but basing that confidence on creed, man, work or institution is another gospel.<BR/><BR/>Ecumenism, sure with the true Church Universal...not with those who call themselves Christian yet proclaim an abherant gospel.James Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00748728650999497693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22575956.post-1142430687600688962006-03-15T07:51:00.000-06:002006-03-15T07:51:00.000-06:00Amen! Thanks for sharing from Billheimers book Lov...Amen! Thanks for sharing from Billheimers book Love Covers. After reading it many years ago, I came to understand the importance of Jesus’ prayer for us in John’s gospel.<BR/>John 17:20“I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; 21that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.”<BR/>The world can see the truth that Jesus is the Son of God when we have unity. We have unity because we are a part of God’s family and we are partakers in His life. <BR/>Our unity is proof to the world of His divine nature. When our love overcomes the chasms in our fellowship, then the world can see it is possible for God’s love to overcome the chasm in their fellowship with Him. <BR/>As Peter says in his first letter 4:8”Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.” May we find a way to love one another even when we don’t agree with each other, FOR THE SAKE OF THE LOST WORLD!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com