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1 | "Here I stand; I can do no other." | 2 Thess 2:15 | Robin Hass | 170919 | ||
The 66 books of the Bible are indeed in their entirety the Word of God. But the Word of God is more than this. It is Jesus Christ, it is the preached Word, it is the oral teaching of Jesus to his Apostles and held in the bosom of His teaching Church. All of which Scripture teaches. Where ever Luther chose to 'stand' thank the Lord you were standing somewhere else as Luther drowned believers in re-baptism / adult baptisers like yourself. Odd that he's a hero of yours when he would have had you murdered! http://www.thirdmill.org/files/english/html/ch/CH.Arnold.RMT.10.HTML PERSECUTION OF ANABAPTISTS While many of the persecutions were invited on the Anabaptists by their own fanatics, others who were sound in faith were persecuted for their convictions on the Bible. The doctrinal, political and social views of the Anabaptists were obnoxious to both the Catholics and the Lutherans. Anabaptists were fined, drowned, burned at the stake, tortured, and persecuted in all the manners of the day for such crimes as refusal to pay tithes, re-fusal to attend church, refusal to refrain from Bible study groups in private homes, refusal to refrain from preaching, and other offences against the church-state. Thousands of Anabaptists were put to death. |
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2 | "Here I stand; I can do no other." | 2 Thess 2:15 | Ocelot | 170924 | ||
Robin, Going back to something Lionstrong said, who’s tradition is the final word? For centuries the Roman Catholic church decided what “tradition” was, and we had the dark ages. Thousands were murdered in horrendous ways for defying that “tradition”. Would you have us return to that? Unless the Bible, and the Bible alone, is the final word, many will be crushed by the “traditions” of men. Ocelot |
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3 | "Here I stand; I can do no other." | 2 Thess 2:15 | Robin Hass | 170929 | ||
The Bible doesn't speak, we read it and interpret it. Without a living human to read it the Bible is nothing more than a dead book, no more than lifeless ink and paper. A man picks up a Bible, reads it, or hears it, and comes to an understanding, a construal, an interpretation. By whatever means he reaches his understanding of the Bible, I contend he is wrong to call his own, or his denomination’s, interpretation simply ‘the Bible’ and another interpretation tradition. Historic Christianity, rather than your "Non-conformist" brands as we say in England believe the Church interprets the Bible and eschew private judgement following Peter’s admonition that ‘first of all, no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation’ (2 Peter 1:20). And look to the ‘church of the living God’ as the only dependable interpreter of biblical truth that Scripture assures us is ‘the pillar and support of the truth’ (1 Tim 3:15). The Bible does not say that the Bible is ‘the pillar and support of the truth’ but that the Church is. I can only state have studied the History of Theology at one of the world's foremost universities that the histories of the anti-Catholic polemicists are often fanciful. Not that people haven't been killed by Catholics, Anglicans and Lutherans. I am hardly getting into some revisionist "Holocaust Denial" mode here, simply asking you to consider that the mainstream histories are truer and more reliable. |
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4 | "Here I stand; I can do no other." | 2 Thess 2:15 | Morant61 | 170932 | ||
Greetings Robin! Here is a repost of one of my posts concerning 2 Peter 1:20. *********** Greetings All! I have noted several times over the last few weeks that this verse is very much misunderstood. Many seem to be understanding this verse to be saying that a person cannot interpret Scripture. However, this is not what the verse is saying at all. It is simply saying that Scripture itself did not come into existence through some private individual's act of will. Rather, Scripture came into existence as a result of someone being moved by the Holy Spirit. The Greek of 1 Peter 1:20 literally says, "knowing this first that each prophecy of Scripture of one's own interpretation did not come into being." So, this verse is not speaking of an individual's ability to interpret Scripture, but of the source of Scripture itself. I hope this helps! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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