tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543241192622472250.post5828084857196606789..comments2023-05-26T08:10:48.078-07:00Comments on Arminian Baptist: What Part of "All" Do You Not Understand?James M. Leonardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064939564477543675noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543241192622472250.post-24131081382515389762008-05-15T13:39:00.000-07:002008-05-15T13:39:00.000-07:00Maybe, just maybe, we will have a clearer idea of ...Maybe, just maybe, we will have a clearer idea of what Paul was trying to say to Timothy in this passage by asking why he wrote Timothy in the first place?<BR/><BR/>Was Timothy becoming a "Calvinist pastor on the Sly," trying to sneak-in doctrines not unlike Limited Atonement at his church in Ephesus? If this was what Paul was trying to dissuade Timothy from doing, then maybe, just maybe, it would be correct to interpret Paul's passage to mean "all individuals."<BR/><BR/>But if Timothy's problem was one of being timid or shy in proclaiming the Gospel of CHRIST (The Good News of CHRIST, The Good News: CHRIST!) because he may have thought that he was not qualified enough due to his Gentile background (something that Paul goes into greater lengths in his second letter to the same person), then MAYBE, JUST MAYBE...<BR/><BR/>...Paul wrote these words to Timothy to encourage him get past his insecurities regarding his being a Gentile, and to remind Timothy that this Gospel is for all kinds of men: Jews AND Gentiles. <BR/><BR/>Context, a very handy thingy that. <BR/><BR/>How would you react if someone were to ask, "What Part of MEN Do You Not Understand?" in order to falsely teach that the Gospel is not for women?<BR/><BR/>Grace & Peace.ignlacsinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136368461432802610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543241192622472250.post-80706483834887772732008-05-15T06:29:00.000-07:002008-05-15T06:29:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.ignlacsinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136368461432802610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543241192622472250.post-5022026764668852412008-03-02T11:31:00.000-08:002008-03-02T11:31:00.000-08:00Excellent work James!You have established the fact...Excellent work James!<BR/><BR/>You have established the fact that the apostle Paul oten used the expression "all men" to convey a meaning that's both collective AND distributive. John Goodwin raises a similar argument in his book, <I>Redeption Redeemed</I>. For if it's not distributive, then like you said, there would be people for whom these principles would not apply, which would ultimately overturn Paul's point. (I've personally witnesed this argument stun Calvinists.)Richard Coordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05600859155973820653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543241192622472250.post-20370151098632644902008-02-28T08:58:00.000-08:002008-02-28T08:58:00.000-08:00Knight goes on to claim that Gal 3:28 supports the...Knight goes on to claim that Gal 3:28 supports the notion that "all" means "all kinds of." <BR/><BR/>Again the passage reads, "There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye ALL are one man in Christ Jesus."<BR/><BR/>Of course, in this text, Paul is saying that each and every one of those whom he is addressing is in Christ. To read this passage as if Paul is saying, "Every kind of you (but not necessarily all)" is most unnatural.James M. Leonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06064939564477543675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543241192622472250.post-59972325864921271262008-02-28T08:51:00.000-08:002008-02-28T08:51:00.000-08:00Knight goes on to say that "all kinds of" especial...Knight goes on to say that "all kinds of" especially fits with Titus 3:2. How in the world he came to this conclusion, who knows!<BR/><BR/>Titus 3:1-2 reads, Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and to show true humility toward ALL MEN. <BR/><BR/>Surely, this cannot be read as "to show true humility to ALL KINDS OF MEN (BUT NOT NECESESSARILY ALL)."James M. Leonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06064939564477543675noreply@blogger.com