Sharing thoughts: March 2006

Sharing thoughts: March 2006 All this is very new to me - it is special to be able to share different things, subjects, that are important to me, that are interesting. For example...Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, a well-known Bible teacher, hailed as "the prince of expositors" wrote in his book, "God’s Method’s With Men," on pages 185, 6, "Let me say to Bible students that we must be very careful how we use the word ‘eternity.’ We have fallen into great error in our constant use of that word. There is NO word in the whole Book of God corresponding with our ‘eternal,’ which as commonly used among us, means absolutely without end...Men have divided the church, separated from each other, and persecuted one another, upon a thought conveyed by an English word which has no equivalent in the Bible. We cannot conceive of a Creator who knows the end from the beginning, one who IS Love, who has infinite wisdom, and infinite power, giving to any being life, life which is never to end, but to continue in suffering to all eternity. The Bible does NOT teach it anywhere in the original languages. God's punishments are remedial and take place within the span of the ages during which He is accomplishing the making of man in(to) His image and likeness. Punishment will last no longer than is necessary to bring man to hate his sin and be reconciled to his Saviour." What a difference it would make if more Christians understood this...and surely our witness to others is received when there is the realization that God is not some impotent deity who cannot bring His creation to a triumphant and glorious conclusion.