Here is an example of comments criticising Dispensationalism:
From A. W. Pink, Beloved By Many Baptists: Dispensationalists [are] those who impose their crudities and vagaries, and make their poor dupes believe a wonderful discovery had been made in the 'rightly dividing of the word of truth.
From David Cloud: I am convinced that John Calvin has caused great and unnecessary divisions among God's people because of dogmatizing his philosophizing about God's sovereignty and election.Dispensationalism, Arminianism, and Calvinism are frameworks of Bible doctrine. And so, we have the grand battles of the frameworks. And I find this just so sad. Bible-believing Christians, men for whom Christ is the center of their lives, fighting about their deepest, most profound beliefs. Fighting about God, and His will, His ways and His works. It is just a sad sad situation....
I have no particular insights about how one might reconcile these conflicts, each supported by many learned, honest, prayerful Christian men, true believers. I did, however, come across two Bible passages that I find comforting when considering such conflicting Bible doctrine.
2 Corinthians 4
18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
God's will, His way and His works are eternal and may not be absolutely understandable to us. It may be best to maintain some humility as we study and comment on these issues.
John 17
9 .... I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
And finally, as we meditate on our salvation, it is comforting to know that Jesus is praying for us....
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