Below are a few key subjects that can cause contentions/arguments over what the Bible teaches. Many Baptists today hold the following views:
- The rapture will occur BEFORE Daniel's 70th week begins
- The Jews are still God's chosen people
- Homosexuals can be saved
- We're not to judge anyone
- America is still a Christian nation, a shining city on a hill. We just have a problem with democrats.
Below are a few areas of Scripture that address these subjects. Also note that when addressing someone who is likely going to be older than you or is at very least saved and a brother/sister in Christ...reprove with scripture instead of rebuke. In other words, be respectful.
- Rebuke not an Elder, I Timothy 5:1
- Reprove with scripture, II Timothy 3:16
Don't judge
- Reprove not a scorner, Proverbs 9:8
- Judge righteous judgement, John 7:24
- Pull the beam out of thine own eye, Matthew 7:3,4
- Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, Matthew 7:6
Kings and kingdoms
- Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, Isaiah 10:1
- By me kings rule, Proverbs 8:15,16
- Jehu rebukes Jehoshaphat, II Chron 19:2
- Obey the laws of the land, Romans ch 13
- Judge not for man, but for the Lord, II Chronicles 19:6
Israel
- Genesis 12 vs II Chronicles 19:2, Galatians 3:16,28,29, Romans 9:6
Reprobates
- Worthy of death, Romans 1, same as Leviticus 20:13
- Don't negotiate with terrorists, I Kings 20
- No rest for the wise man that contends with a fool, Proverbs 29:9
Rapture BEFORE tribulation
- II Thessalonians ch 2 is clear the antichrist must be revealed first, and that doesn't happen until the middle of the 7 year period known as Daniel's 70th week.
- Jesus is speaking to Christians in Matthew 24
