Cheryl Schatz

Mark,
You said:

You responded…
“If he follows the lie, it will be very unlikely that she will have any motivation to work at unlearning the false doctrine and learning the truth. ”

You switched the conditional clause to a ‘very unlikely’ scenario, which of course squashes the force of the conditonal clause. PLease answer the challanges.

It is my belief from other examples that the deceived are unlikely to come out without help. As far as Paul’s assurance about the woman’s situation, well, I accept his word that she will be saved if she has help to go with her. That is the truth because it is in God’s word. What would be your reason for not believing it?

While we can assume things about the negative, Paul only speaks about the positive so that is where we can be sure of what will happen. She “will be” saved…if….

It is a difficult verse, but as i stated before, your interpretation is no clearer or better than the traditonal one.

My view doesn’t have any holes and, my friend, you haven’t found any holes either. Paul had an assurance that I believe was the truth.

Thus i will continue to lean on the traditional view since it actually has evidence to support it.

The traditional view says that this passage is not completely understood. The traditional view says that Paul is stopping true teaching while the Scripture never supports this. I would rather stick with Scripture any day rather than be stuck with the contradictions of the “traditional view”.

Thanks again for stopping by. It is just too bad that you aren’t one to answer questions. Challenges are always good if one is sincerely looking to know and understand the truth.