Ryan&Amber2013
Puritan Board Senior
So our sermon this evening was in Jonah, and one of the points was how God will relentlessly discipline and pursue His astray children to lead them away from sin. So here's my question:
The reformed consider the baptism issue to be a serious sin issue if one has the wrong understanding and practice. If God really sees it as sin, why won't he lead into truth and unity those who really want the right answer? Either Matthew Henry or Spurgeon were in grievous sin while pursuing the truth, and God allowed one of them to abide in it, while not pursuing them, disciplining them and calling them out of it.
The same goes for us. Before conversing with other denominations on baptism, we pray for clarity and truth, only to end the conversation both still believing different things, with some still in sin.
I would like to be shown practically how God sees this as a serious sin issue for those who have it wrong, but typically doesn't lead people out of that sin like He would other moral sins. Are we more concerned about certain theological beliefs than God is?
The reformed consider the baptism issue to be a serious sin issue if one has the wrong understanding and practice. If God really sees it as sin, why won't he lead into truth and unity those who really want the right answer? Either Matthew Henry or Spurgeon were in grievous sin while pursuing the truth, and God allowed one of them to abide in it, while not pursuing them, disciplining them and calling them out of it.
The same goes for us. Before conversing with other denominations on baptism, we pray for clarity and truth, only to end the conversation both still believing different things, with some still in sin.
I would like to be shown practically how God sees this as a serious sin issue for those who have it wrong, but typically doesn't lead people out of that sin like He would other moral sins. Are we more concerned about certain theological beliefs than God is?