John Piper - Preach the Gospel

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"You Are God's Midwife for the New Birth of Others"
April 6, 2008

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[StrumstickJoe]

Creationism is at once a simplistic explanation of what “must have happened” and a call to believe in the most complex of contrivances. It requires you to imagine a mind in a void, perfect and complete, right and benevolent (though to whom?), and this entity “suddenly” felt a need to alter its perfect state and create time, space, and “something” – which was a universe of astonishing chance and hazard, and some central creatures of poor, inadequate quality.

[Aaron637]

@Marko

2 Peter 2:1 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves. 2 And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned; 3 and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

[Aaron637]

@MarkofBeastRevealed 3 They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.[e] 14 With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed—an accursed brood! 15 They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Bezer

[Aaron637]

2 Peter 2

10 This is especially true of those who ... despise authority.

Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings; 11 yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not heap abuse on such beings when bringing judgment on them from the Lord. 12 But these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like animals they too will perish.

[Aaron637]

@MarkofBeastRevealed Again I ask, have your read the newtestament? What is evil about what it says? Im talking about the content of the letters of paul and the first disciples mate....ur puffed up, proud and know nothing being self-condemed.

[MarkofBeastRevealed]

@Aaron637 constantine (the first beast) compiled 50 bibles on fine vellum he also gave you the never dying false prophet calle the pope. He also strangled his wife in the bathtub after his so called conversion to christanity and was baptized by a paga. He thought himself to be the thirteenth apostle. then King james A homo, born 6, 1566, 6th of scotland authorized 66 books called the bible. He wrote books on witchcraft and said he spoke in the place of God. THE BIBLE IS THE MARK OF THE BEAST

[Aaron637]

@MarkofBe... Also if u continue to spread ur heretical views God will punish you himself. once upon a time I was into pelagianism, a heresy, and god hit me hard but corrected me and I thank him for it. U pervert what is good. What is evil about the bible? in it is the testimony of christ, warnings against false teachers like yourself who will lead astray people to damnation, the gospel, exhortations to holy and loving living and instruction to rebuke those like u who dont teach sound doctrine

[Aaron637]

@MarkofBeastRevealed IE a heretic. If u ever think all the church s wrong and u and a few others are only right....chances are ur a heretic. The message of God hasnt changed throughout history....but heretics have arisen in every century opposing what is and always has been agreed upon by the church. Scripture is the word of God.

[Aaron637]

@MarkofBeastRevealed The bible wasnt written 400 years ago man....go learn church history. It was translated into the common language of the people 400years ago...TRANSLATED. Before that only priests could read it in latin. around 300AD the bible was COMPILED - under Constantine. The church has always refered to the letters of the disciples....if anyone knows Jesus' teaching it was those who actually walked with him. Ur theory is wacked....u could make up anything and say god said it.

[MarkofBeastRevealed]

@Aaron637 When bibles were first authorized 400 years ago and made availible to the public they would have been asking you if you were a brand new christian or something. They killed thousands that wouldn't take the bible as the authority. They said they had the Holy ghost, so what did they need the bible for? God didn't send the bible he sent the Holy ghost. Jesus quoted the old covenant because he was fulfilling it. then after he died he made a new covenant not written with ink.