tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post1111172061733902680..comments2023-09-15T08:54:19.379-04:00Comments on New England Pastor: Savior of the WorldShawn Bracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10603380405719498288noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post-20220726344232443642009-12-01T11:21:09.777-05:002009-12-01T11:21:09.777-05:00Thanks for your thoughts, Sherman!Thanks for your thoughts, Sherman!Shawn Bracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10603380405719498288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post-27884444889252997402009-11-05T17:15:22.985-05:002009-11-05T17:15:22.985-05:00I do think sometimes using "loaded" term...I do think sometimes using "loaded" terms like "saved" within the context of a discussion like this can cause more confusion than light...<br /><br />But I like when you set them aside and got down to the concepts. <br /><br />Christ has done "something" for everyone. That "something" that was done kept the penalty for sin from being immediately executed Sherman Haywood Cox IIhttp://www.sabbathpulpit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post-33685075359791784712009-10-26T14:55:23.641-04:002009-10-26T14:55:23.641-04:00You may be right, Micaiah. And perhaps that is the...You may be right, Micaiah. And perhaps that is the fault of my usage of the English word "save." The English word "save" may encompass more than the Greek word for "save" (sozo). <br /><br />The bottom line for me, however, is: Christ's death affected every human being who has ever lived. His death was not merely for those who will be "saved at last," Shawn Bracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10603380405719498288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post-82547991621492783422009-10-26T14:35:33.567-04:002009-10-26T14:35:33.567-04:00It makes sense, and I don't totally disagree. ...It makes sense, and I don't totally disagree. My mind goes to all of the passages that talk about salvation and to me (of course) it doesn't seem like "salvation" is the term to be using for your idea in this case. Whenever we see salvation it seems to imply if not explicitly in the context - implicitly that it is the eternal sort spoken of in John 3:16,17.Micaiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08141419694668576965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post-23752575688303421402009-10-26T14:24:50.197-04:002009-10-26T14:24:50.197-04:00Thanks for your question, Micaiah. I think part of...Thanks for your question, Micaiah. I think part of the challenge is how we determine what it means to be "saved." I would say that there is a "continuum" to salvation. And this is where you and I would differ because of our different paradigms, but, as Psalm 103 and 2 Corinthians 5 have said, NONE OF US HAVE RECEIVED THE WAGES OF SIN YET. Thus, we have ALL been saved from thatShawn Bracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10603380405719498288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post-36880036442252455482009-10-26T12:44:02.706-04:002009-10-26T12:44:02.706-04:00"the wages of sin is death...but the gift of ..."the wages of sin is death...but the gift of God is ETERNAL life."<br /><br />Adam and Eve did not instantly die a physical death after they sinned, so the wages are not paid merely in physical death. The context of the passage you sited was eternal salvation, do you agree? How can temporal life on earth be a barometer of salvation? What you are proposing looks like a form of Micaiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08141419694668576965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post-73825587090120582202009-10-26T10:23:22.363-04:002009-10-26T10:23:22.363-04:00Go tell it to the world!
BBGo tell it to the world!<br /><br />BBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com