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1 | Arguing Among Apostles?? | Gal 2:11 | Inquisitor | 224730 | ||
I can only respond with what's in the Bible. In God's Word, we have many, MANY parables from the world's best Teacher, Jesus Himself. He teaches from Parables because He's the best at taking "earthly basic truths from God's Creation and illustrating points of Hevenly Principles or Truths from His Father." Now most of His parables are given so those with a hunger for righteousness (then and now) can see between the lines and appreciate the Teaching as given by our Lord. So that means we must learn to make conclusions, using our minds and gleaning the most important threads in those parables and arrive at the ultimate point to which our Lord is pointing. See Matt 13:10-16. Only with a very few Parables, the Lord is forced to interpret the Parable even to His beloved disciples, i.e. The Sower and the Parable on the wheat and tares, Matt 13. So here the Lord is actually encouraging us to "put two and two together" and come up with the right interpretation. Seems like a sound Biblical Principle to me. The most important conclusion to draw from all this is as you alluded. We MUST make certain we do conclude those things in accordance with the whole NT. Thus we don't have any contradiction within God's Word. This way, we can comply with Paul's words to Timothy. God bless you in your studies, Inquisitor |
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2 | Arguing Among Apostles?? | Gal 2:11 | srbaegon | 224745 | ||
Inquisitor, The Lord's explanation in Matt 13 is clear. He spoke in parables to prevent understanding in those from whom he wished to judge by it. The parables were not spiritual mental exercises. If they had been, most everybody failed them miserably. The only reason the twelve figured some of them out was because of Jesus' plain teaching to them on prior occasions. Steve |
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