tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post2105334637904455226..comments2024-01-24T10:39:27.668-05:00Comments on Coming Untrue: Phrases That Jump Out At YouDr. S. L. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303707167715370504noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-21203643922809335922015-11-26T14:34:39.198-05:002015-11-26T14:34:39.198-05:00The apostle John talks about having confidence in ...The apostle John talks about having confidence in the hope of resurrection. He says he has written "to you <b>who believe</b> in the name of the Son of God that you <b>may know</b> that you have eternal life" (1 John 5:13). So our confidence is based on the word of God mediated to us by the Spirit of Christ in us.<br /><br />Now of course Christians do not always display this confidence. It's possible, I think, to exercise genuine belief in a very tentative way. Maybe it's even a common experience where the word of God is not clearly taught. But I don't think it has to be, provided we receive with faith what God has said.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00346761712248157930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-81263924026329721262015-11-26T14:18:18.200-05:002015-11-26T14:18:18.200-05:00So you are differentiating, or also allowing for, ...So you are differentiating, or also allowing for, between confidently claiming that hope and not confidently claiming that hope?<br /><br />As in going to church, or being in prison, or being in prison but attending services there.<br /><br />Or are you saying that if you claim that hope then it can always be done confidently?Qmannoreply@blogger.com