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Bible Note: glory2, I'm not sure how to procede due to the fact that you continue to derail the dialogue and go off on tangents. Even still you have not answered or attempted to respond to the text of Scripture itself. Even still you continue to qualify your position with your opinion. You wrote: "Paul warns that the carnal mind is emnity with God. What do you suppose carnal is? May I suggest reasonings and logical thought." I'm not even sure where you are coming from with that. It most certainly was not a very "logical" conclusion to draw. Does Scripture teach that logical thought and reasoning are carnal? You "suggest" that they are. You continue to present feelings and opinion as though they amount to something. You will find, if you study the word of God and the true meaning of carnality that our own feelings, thoughts, opinions, etc. is where the carnal mind is rooted. I would provide you with some study here regarding your concept of the carnal mind but I fear you are not considering my posts responsibly and instead prefer to argue your point; even when presented with specific, clearly stated Scripture that contradicts you. But I will give you a starting point. consider the following verse: "Come now, and let us REASON together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." (KJV)(emphasis added) WOW! glory2. It appears that God himself expects us to use reason. You might be well informed to realize that God created us with the ability to use logic and reasoning. In fact, I might suggest to you that it is through our ability to process information logically and make reasonable decisions regarding it that the very same Holy Spirit you and I both rely on works. If we begin to depend on our feelings and opinions to hear from God, we will end up very far from the mark; no matter how aggressive we might attempt to justify where we have landed. I might offer an example of this by quoting you again. "I think the Lord would rather have one Katherine Kuhlman than a thousand scholars." Wow Glory2; you sure seem to believe you have a handle on God and what he does or doesn't prefer. But you don't know that. It may be that God prefers a single scholar, who has comitted his/her life to the things of God, making every effort to rightly divide the word of truth- over one thousand feeling chasers. No my friend, we can not discredit what God has given us to facilitate our knowing Him and what He himself tells us to use. I pray you repent of your way of thinking in this area. You wrote: "If God can not use men to reach out to the lost and demonstrate His love, power, healing and deliverence He will use whoever is willing" Was Saul willing on the road to Damascus? A word of caution about your above statement. Never assume for a moment that the Lord will contradict His own word in order to accomplish anything. I appologize to you and other readers for continuing on as I did. My hope is to help you to see the error in your approach to biblical studies and encourage you to be more responsible in your handling of God's word. I would still be interested to read what you have to say (if anything) regarding my previous post. I have found that staying focused on the topic is more productive. Sincerely, and God bless, Jeff |