Never hear the truth...
Is it because the truth is never preached?
Or is it because they have no ears to hear?
Mat 13:23 But he that received seed into the good ground
is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it;
which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth,
some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
2Timothy 3
1 ¶This know also, that in the last days
perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be...
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to
the knowledge of the truth.
Verse 7 is one of the long list of signs of
the perilous times.
It's tragic and heartbreaking to have
believers in that evil condition - ever learning and never able to come to the
knowledge of the truth. Reading their Bible for decades has not enabled them to
come to the knowledge of the truth.
Imagine having children who are ever feeding
but never able to grow and develop; what grief and sorrow to the parents!
Heb 5:12 KJVT
For when for the time ye ought to be
teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles
of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of
strong meat.
1 Cor 3:1 KJT
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as
unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
See the opposite scenario here:
1 The 1:8 KJT— For from you sounded out the
word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your
faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.
We have these commands, calling for all
diligence:
2Peter 1 KJT
5 ¶And beside this, giving all diligence, add
to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6 And to knowledge temperance; and to
temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to
brotherly kindness charity.
2Pet 3:18 KJT
"But grow in grace, and in the
knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and
for ever. Amen.”
O gracious Lord, have mercy; wake up the
slumbering people and revive us all. Amen.
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Danny Lee
Those people are not truly Born Again
Christians.
Sing F Lau
Danny Lee, in my understanding, a man is
either born again or he is still dead in trespasses and sins. Term such as
"not truly born again" suggests that there is such a thing as being
born again but not truly born again, implying a terrible failure on the part of the Holy Spirit in His divine and sovereign activity in regeneration.
The Scriptures teach us that there are born-again elect who are stunted at the childhood stage and not growing.
Also, it is obvious that Apostle Paul was
dealing with God's children; why would the inspired Apostle Paul find fault
with those dead in trespasses and sins for their ever learning the word of God
but never come to the knowledge of the truth? It is like faulting a dead child
for not eating and growing.
Danny Lee
Sing, you are correct.
This is a language thing
A person is either spiritually alive ( born
again ) or spiritually dead.
I will endeavour to be more precise in the
future. Thank you
Dr Khaw
Knowing everything but not doing anything is
worse.
Sing F Lau
Luke 12:47 KJV — "And that servant,
which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to
his will, shall be beaten with many stripes."
I probably deserve many stripes even though I
have been taught and know a few things, but fail in many things.
