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Originally posted by epiphinehasThere goes omnibenevolence!
From what I understand, the one sin which God cannot forgive is the one sin which precludes the perpetrator from ever coming to repentance.
Originally posted by epiphinehasI certainly see that folks interpret those verses in Matthew the way you describe now. The trouble is that the verses seem ultimately meaningless in that light.
From what I understand, the one sin which God cannot forgive is the one sin which precludes the perpetrator from ever coming to repentance. Christ has made provision for the forgiveness of the most vile sins imaginable in his death on the cross; provided, of course, the sinner repents. God's mercy and grace cannot break forth into the life of a sinner ...[text shortened]... involved, when a person is created anew in Christ he or she cannot be 'uncreated'.
Originally posted by blakbuzzrdDo you think that the original audience would have understood it the way theologians do now?
I certainly see that folks interpret those verses in Matthew the way you describe now. The trouble is that the verses seem ultimately meaningless in that light.
Do you think that the original audience would have understood it the way theologians do now?
We know that the gospel writers selected stories already in circulation to include in their gospe episode in Matthew 12 was supposed to be used by early xians, how would such a verse been used?