tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31847967.post95903587453524154..comments2023-10-01T05:55:44.566-04:00Comments on The Rest Stop: "Give me some of that Red Stuff"Kurt Strassnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08472712721766414372noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31847967.post-27961313569281595322008-06-19T15:06:00.000-04:002008-06-19T15:06:00.000-04:00John makes a valid point. The original draft of t...John makes a valid point. The original draft of this article did make it sound like I might be saying that a true believer might be among those who relinquish their spiritual birthright. <BR/><BR/>I have updated the language to make what I mean clearer - namely, that it is possible for any of us to relinquish what is the believer's birthright. But if we do, we are proving that we never truly possessed the birthright to begin with.<BR/><BR/>I hope the warning is taken seriously ... without the security of the true believer being misunderstood.Kurt Strassnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08472712721766414372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31847967.post-65633305966802587062008-06-19T13:10:00.000-04:002008-06-19T13:10:00.000-04:00I think that the writer here uses the example of E...I think that the writer here uses the example of Esau, not as a warning of what the believers of the church might become, but rather an example of a person to compare themselves. He is more of an example of one who is not born again. As we know from Romans 9 Esau was always unholy from before he was ever born. Esau never loved God and we see in vs 17 that he never could love God as he was never granted the ability to repent. (2 Tim 2:25) As true believers, we can slide, become stale and miss out on the blessings God has for us, however I think this passage gives us the example of Esau not to show us as believers what we could actually lose (our birthright or repentance) but rather a measuring stick of where we are. Are we born again or are we still in our sin, unable to repent, and loving the things of this world more than God?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com