What I gather from Madists' claims and their behavior are very much like Pharisees of NT times.
1)they don't seem to honor Jesus' teaching by saying we don't have to follow His teaching because His messages are just for the Jews.
2)They vehemently oppose Calvinists because they believe they invented replacement theory.
3) They have no qualm about their abusive behavior.
4)It seems that they are motivated by their political position of Zionism because they seem so obsessed with literal Israel.
any objection?
I'm not a Mid Acts Dispensationalist... but...
I vehemently oppose "anti-Semitic" Replacement Theology, because it not only twists scriptures, but it has had horrible repercussions on Jews, Israel, Christianity and the entire world...
Yes... I can assert those points, but to the matter at hand.
[MENTION=1851]john w[/MENTION] I hope you will forgive me for using you as an example... but it fits the bill.
[MENTION=1851]john w[/MENTION] has an intimate understanding of the Lord Jesus Christ and notes that the "Pharisees" that didn't listen to Jesus... yup... your forgetting that a certain Pharisee listened to Jesus... so... anyhow... back to the point... the scribes and Pharisees that discounted Jesus all had one thing in common... they continually made people feel they had to "work" for their salvation and continually feel unsure about it.
The "Maddist" are concerned for you... I know you don't care... because they know you literally have to S-U-R-R-E-N-D-E-R to Jesus. You have to give up the idea that your sin or righteousness has a single thing to do with your salvation.
To make matters worse... the addition of Jesus isn't God teaching... further obfuscates the Gospel. It makes the work portion of the matter seem humanly possible.
Only God Saves! That's a quote from Isaiah and Psalms and the whole bible.
I can quote John 5:39 to you all day and you miss its meaning. Jesus says the whole bible is about Him! He is Salvation... He is God.
Do you come back with OP support and scripture? No! You dance around, play victim and confuse matters.
I have continually told you that you are my sister "in" Christ...
But... mess with Holy Writ and the Gospel and don't expect the easter bunny to cuddle with you and deliver candy.