Black Liberation Theology

….This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

"Love" is interpreted differently by folks. Some think if you love someone you'll be honest with them. Honesty isn't always nice.

Some feel you'll volunteer in hospitals, become little league coaches, firemen, all good, but I know plenty of those that are not going to share eternity with us.

Some folks interpret it as somehow making sure nobody's feelings get hurt.

 

I do agree with that.

1 John 5:3 tells us what love is.

 

I will own up to being too abrasive. Apologies, RT. You may not have intended the sentence to be read the way I read it. If so, I'm sorry.

Still, in my estimation, your sentences does read as one requiring something, in this case "concern for your neighbor's welfare," before salvation.

Agreed, as I said to CTB. I read your post, as I quoted, as saying we had to have concern for our neighbor before we could be saved, and if we did not have that concern, then we could not be saved.

 

Jonah had no concern for the Ninevites. Was he saved ?

 

All is well brother. :thumbs:

I do agree works-based salvation is heretical (Rom. 9:30-32). I can see it now. When I say "can't be saved" I mean "there's no way you are actually saved". Kinda like "You can't be serious". Oh the flaws of my southern dialect lol.

 

Yeah and agape is what 1 John 5:3 is talking about.

 

My mind is numb, trying to figure out why you would post this. Where do you see philia, or eros in my statement ?

Please answer me, in a way you feel even I could understand.

 

And I bring up Jonah, again. He actually wanted to die rather than see the Ninevites repent. (I think Jewish O/T priests were a stiff-necked bunch. We see the same prejudice & hatred, hundreds of years later in the Pharisees & Saducees of Christ's time. Bun unlike Jonah, when faced with him they rejected the one true God)

If we go by your statement, we cannot imagine him in Paradise. Faith will bring about works, just like Matt 7 you referred to tells us, but it also starts out with a stern warning about self-examination before telling someone else their works are not good enough.

 

Anyway, we've strayed far from the O/T. I do stand by my statements about what I have read from their sites.

 

Honestly, the pericope about Jonah is a very controversial one. I had no idea just how different the views were until I got to seminary. I argue for him being in Paradise...but then that has always turned into a long debate about dispensationalism vs covenantalism.

I don't get the relevance of the beginning of Matt. 7 to what we're talking about.

 

LOL. Yeah, I took a few beatings over him at the Fightin' Fundie Forum. Balaam is another one that gets folks fumin'.

Referring to your post #40, and my post #41.