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I think that limited access to the Bible did limit people's relationship
to God, and also tended to limit the moves of the Holy Spirit, because
so many churches used the lack of Bible reading to impose doctrines of
their own making upon their congregations. People ended up following
these man-made doctrines on the same level as the Word of God, which may
have limited the depth of their relationship with Him and the working of
his Spirit in their lives.

However, His Word tells us that he will write his Law on our hearts, so
His Spirit and His grace will still give guidance to those who do not or
did not have access to the Bible, but it is so much better to be ablke
to read His words for ourselves, and to study them so that we can have a
more personal faith and relationship with our God and Savior.


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In article <147.11.17.05.609036000@srcbs.org>, Bart Goddard says...
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>gkmcnees@comcast.net wrote:
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>> Matthew, you have done a good job of answering Bart.
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>> There is a name for Bart's philosophical position here, and it is
>> occasionalism.
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>He can not have done a good job answering me, because I
>haven't asserted anything.

That doesn't follow. Another example of how the man who exalts himself as a
great logician posts sheer illogic.

> Among the many things you
>don't know is my philosophical position.

He may not know it exactly, but having been a lost soul wandering in
predestinarianist darkness for so long, he knows it in general terms. You cannot
maintain your predestinarian position without sharing certain philosophical
errors with Calvinists.

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Subducat se sibi ut haereat Deo
quidquid boni habet, tribuat illi a quo factus est.
(St. Augustine, Ser. 96)

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basicallyblues wrote:
> Moving away from the controversial issue of the trinity for now....
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> There seems to be varying opinions on why Jesus had to die in order
for
> sins to be forgiven. Did he die? If so could each of you kindly
explain
> why Jesus had to die in order for there to be salvation. Why could
God
> not simply forgive? What is the ransom?
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> This has to be the most important doctrine of the Bible and I'm
getting
> the impression by vario