tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30006406.post4087696237467436540..comments2024-03-18T19:40:54.907-07:00Comments on Winging It: Follow the Bouncing BallStanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04523232247971115247noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30006406.post-3099621286862145562016-03-02T13:05:23.348-07:002016-03-02T13:05:23.348-07:00"Rational arguments aren't required when ..."<i>Rational arguments aren't required when the heart is involved.</i>"<br /><br />Sometimes one might think, given the wicked and deceitful heart, that rational arguments are <i>not possible</i> when the heart is involved.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04523232247971115247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30006406.post-53465106769050240982016-03-02T12:47:05.321-07:002016-03-02T12:47:05.321-07:00Why are you trying to bring rationality into it wh...Why are you trying to bring rationality into it when all they want is to feel like they are helping? Rational arguments aren't required when the heart is involved. (Though that is quite telling since we've previously established that the heart is wicked and hardened.)Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08443810898475961105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30006406.post-22462987097630200052016-03-02T05:44:04.660-07:002016-03-02T05:44:04.660-07:00I've seen it written "Be-attitudes"....I've seen it written "Be-attitudes".<br /><br />I think they trace the course of the saved, beginning with "poor in spirit" as in "I don't have what it takes; I am in dire spiritual poverty."<br /><br />That is, I agree with you.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04523232247971115247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30006406.post-18883581375867456212016-03-02T05:15:10.670-07:002016-03-02T05:15:10.670-07:00I used to believe that the "B" attitudes...I used to believe that the "B" attitudes were directed at universal body of people. then i realized that for anyone to be truly blessed, it must be within the confines of salvation. <br />how can anyone be blessed apart from being a child of God? how can the Meek inherit the earth without first being washed in the blood of the lamb? how could the merciful receive mercy apart from the work of Christ? so it must be that Jesus is talking about believers. it is only believers that receive the final blessings of God thru the redemptive work of Christ. other wise the text would create a contradiction. Bobnoreply@blogger.com