Vernon Jenkins wrote:
> However, I do not
> doubt the potency of the numerics in making the unregenerate sinner more
> amenable to the work of the Holy Spirit; but I suspect the message is
> also for those believers who, perhaps unwittingly, are completely
> confused about the Gospel, and about what the Bible really says! To know
> that God is, and to know that he is so capable, should help to restore a
> healthy fear of him, and belief in what he says.
>
It seems to me that most of the OT and NT point out how little people
believe despite even witnessing miracles. Even granting that we can
take this numerology as a genuine act of God, rather than chance or
human engineering, I don't see how that would change anything in that
regard. Not once did numeric claims even so much as move a single
iota of my soul to believe anything about scripture as a non-Christian.
At least realize that Muslims do this all the time with the prime
numbers and all that stuff. Does that mean I should become a
Muslim? I don't see what criteria I am supposed to use to reject
Muslim numerology that doesn't apply equally to Christian
numerology. It wouldn't surprise me if Buddhists can claim
the same things, although I haven't asked. At most, this is
perhaps a way for a believer to appreciate the Bible.
it is only by Grace we proceed,
Wayne
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