Eoghan
Puritan Board Senior
[BIBLE]Mathew 18:34-35[/BIBLE]
At first glance this looks like a threat to the converted. Or is it a literary device designed to confront us with the truth even if it needs a sledgehammer. In reading through Mathew I am struck by the use of hyperbole - necessarily so, given our stony hearts.
What do others say?
Am I reading the "loss of salvation" into the text?
At first glance this looks like a threat to the converted. Or is it a literary device designed to confront us with the truth even if it needs a sledgehammer. In reading through Mathew I am struck by the use of hyperbole - necessarily so, given our stony hearts.
What do others say?
Am I reading the "loss of salvation" into the text?