marhig
Well-known member
Please feel free to put me on ignore, if you feel you need to do so because of the way I believe. I have never hidden the fact that I don't believe the trinity. I'm very open about it, I've read my Bible, and to me it is as clear as day that there is only one true God and he is the father and Jesus the Christ has been exhalted by the father over all and he is the son. But the father is still the head of Christ, and I might add that this is in the the Bible.I have 30 persons on my current ignore list. They comprise those that are eristic enough to vote in the TOL Trinity poll here:
http://theologyonline.com/showthread.php?115654-The-Trinity
The remainder are those that hide their anti-Trinitarianism until directly questioned and found to be anti-Trinitarians, for example, users God's Truth and marhig. It is best to leave all anti-Trinitarians ignored and not permit these non-Christians opportunities to bring scandal upon that which we hold dear. Our only response to them should be to remind them of their unbelieving status and thusly, their prima facie inability to interpret Scripture wisely, so as to ward off the weaker in the faith that may be led to stumble. I need to take my own advice more often than I do, too. Pray for me that I do so.
For more see:
http://theologyonline.com/showthrea...ict-those-who-wil/page6&p=2906680#post2906680
AMR
I personally don't need to ignore anyone, no matter what they are like to me, because I believe that God gives his people a mouth to speak, and I don't have to ignore anyone, I am willing to listen to anyone, but if I feel that it doesn't correspond with the Bible then I don't believe it because I also believe that God has everything in the Bible that he wants in there for us to know. And to me, when Jesus says that God is his God and the apostles call God the God and father of Jesus, including everything else that's in the Bible regarding this, then that's good enough for me.
I don't feel like some of you here, who feel the need to bad mouth others and condemn then to hell because they don't believe in the same way, I believe that the whole purpose of the writings in the Bible and the coming of Christ is to bring us the truth, to show us the way back to God and Jesus Christ's life is the life and he is the only way, and once we have faith, and follow him, God then wants our hearts cleansed. And we receive this by Christ through the spirit, teaching us not only in the scriptures, but also in our hearts how to live before God and to deny sin. And through faith and love, God changes our hearts to be more like his holy son. So that we care for all, so I couldn't ignore anyone, because God loves all of us and he wants us all back, I just don't let anything that I believe will weaken me take me away from God into my heart. Anyone that says that we don't have to deny ourselves and turn from sin, to me, doesn't truly know God, because if they did, then they would know in their hearts that this is exactly what God wants us to do, and Jesus also taught us to do this too.
I believe that God looks at the heart, we may not understand all of the scriptures, but God more than anything wants our heart to be more like his son and filled with his spirit and our minds thinking of him and our hearts loving him always. And to me, this is more important than having a deep understanding of all the scriptures. God has the Bible written in a way that we all should be able to understand how we are to live before him, and only a few are gradually given the understanding to the deeper meanings of the Bible, the more they lay down their lives and give their heart to God the more opens their eyes and ears.
I truly hope that all get into heaven, as I believe that our Lord Jesus came and spread the gospel with the hope of this. Speaking everything the father gave him through the spirit hoping we would open our hearts and receive the word of God.
God doesn't give understanding to those who think that they are above others and look down on them, Gods gives understanding to those who are humble and love him from the heart and care about others regardless. And if we have the heart of Christ, then that's what we'll be like. Hoping for everyone to know God, and hoping for everyone get to heaven.
1 Timothy 3
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.