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1 | What do we need to know about God | John 17:3 | jamison | 208536 | ||
Peace, Jeff, Hank, and anyone else, What type of theology I believe is not important. I am not trying to persuade you to think inside my box, but to think outside yours. Brad asked earlier if my theology was pure and without outside influence. No, of course not. But I am willing to test everything I believe. Just because mainstream Christianity or my current theology teaches something does not make it true. Even with Scripture to support it, because as I showed earlier with this, Scripture can easily be used to support inheriting eternal life by selling and giving to the poor. We just shoot that down because it doesn't agree with salvation by faith alone which is our current and mainstream theology. Well challenge that. Maybe the theology is wrong. You can't just say it doesn't agree with this theology so it must be wrong. Jeff did well in his explanation. Very well indeed. By the way, I don't think keeping the commandments or selling and giving to poor are ways to heaven. Which theology did Jesus have that was outside the box? Plenty... Eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth - mainstream and inside the box (just ask the Pharisees) Jesus says to turn the other cheek - goes against teaching of religious leaders and mainstream theology. (Matt 5:38-39 compare Ex 21:24) It is unlawful to work on Sabbath - inside the box, exactly what mainstream theology taught. Jesus said Sabbath was made for man, not man for Sabbath - outside the box, against mainstream theology. (Mark 2:27). I think two will suffice, but can give more if you need them. The pharisees were the religious leaders of their day. They had the Scriptures in their language and basically in their culture (it had changed some over the years of course) and some books only 500 years old. We have the Scriptures in translated form nowhere close to our culture and 2000 and more years later. If they could not see the truth, why do we think that mainstream theology today can? I ask this question often but have yet to receive an answer. The Pharisees wouldn't know God if He walked beside them (oh yeah, He did). And yet our theologians do the exact same thing. They read the Scriptures for exactly what they SAY and not what they MEAN. They miss the heart of God. Please reply to my one question in here. Why do we think theologians of today are more accurate than theologians of Jesus' day? Good evening to all. I mean you no ill will, but challenge you to think "outside the box (your individual theology and mainstream theology)". By the way, sorry I didn't respond earlier. I gotta go to work too you know:) jamison |
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2 | What do we need to know about God | John 17:3 | srbaegon | 208539 | ||
Hello jamison, You might consider recanting these "outside the box" statements for a couple of reasons. 1. You understand Scripture as well as the Pharisees if you think Jesus was "outside the box." A thorough study of the Old Testament would should he was in the middle of God's box, just not the Pharisees' box. 2. What is now considered orthodoxy has been built up over 2000 years being based on the apostolic teaching and carried on as one shares with faithful men who teach others (2 Tim 2:2). Several throughout history have chosen to cast this history aside with generally disastrous results in their lives and those they lead astray. Steve |
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3 | What do we need to know about God | John 17:3 | jamison | 208555 | ||
Hello Steve, Point 1: I agree. I agree totally. It is the box of the Pharisees that I am talking about. Didn't you read what I wrote about today's Pharisees? Point 2 What was considered orthodoxy in Jesus' time had been built up for about the same amount of time and was also passed along to others. Which causes me to ask the same question again. Why do we think that the religious leaders of today are any different than those of Jesus' day? jamison |
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