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1 | Study Bible | Bible general Archive 4 | Morant61 | 213770 | ||
Greetings Fcs375! I am sorry that I haven't had a chance to respond to your posts as of yet. I pray that you would reconsider your decision. You made some excellent points and I think you would be a great addition to this site. I fully agree with you that we should go to Scripture first, and only then, should we go to what others have written about Scripture. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Study Bible | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 213784 | ||
Dear Tim, Yes... keyword: "then" Exercise the sweat to study, pray, seek, knock, and know... Then -- not neglecting all the gifts of Christ to the church -- but validating where we stand to insure that we've not lost our way. No leaps of faith into self sufficient, independent inspiration here, I am happy to see. Sometimes I wonder how those that teach lone-ranger Christianity think that their hearers will depend on them long enough to do what they say! :-) In Him, Doc |
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3 | Study Bible | Bible general Archive 4 | Morant61 | 213787 | ||
Greetings Doc! As I read through this thread, I never once saw fcs375 say that anyone should ignore secondary sources. He simply said that one should go to Scripture first, and then consult commentators and other sources. That is sound advice. Some of the responses to his or her posts seemed to be responses to something that he or she never actually said. At any rate, I would hate to see a new poster forced away from the forum simply because he or she said that one should read Scripture first. :-) So, I hope fcs375 will reconsider. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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4 | Study Bible | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 213793 | ||
Hi, Tim... I'd sure hate that too! Of course, we have a greater obligation to insure that our teaching is sound, in harmony with the Word (James 3:1; Titus 1:9; 2:1; Ephesians 4:29). So I'd sure hate for the many silent readers -- now or in the future -- to come away from the forum with a false assurance that they are free to self-generate doctrine. (As though the Holy Spirit leads one person into one kind of "truth" while leading another into another kind.) Still and all, it amazes me when trying to keep people from falling off one side of the mountain, they resist, insisting that you're pushing off the other side of the mountain. So, to reiterate: The gifts of Christ to His body -- individually and corporately -- are essential. One is not inherently superior to another. The truth is not a subjective matter. The Holy Spirit will instruct in that which is true, not bypassing the mind, but through the text of the Word itself. Our God is imminently rational. In order to protect us from our propensity to turn everything upside down, God has gifted the church with the Word, His Spirit, prophets, apostles, pastors/teachers, and one another. Hence, the better question -- as Beja suggested -- is to ask, in the midst of our striving to exercise the necessary disciplines of Bible study, how do we "heap to ourselves" teachers (both living and dead) that will rightly instruct us in the sound doctrine of God's Word? Isn't that the proper application of 2 Timothy 4:1-5? In Him, Doc |
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