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1 | Spirtual Gifts | Matt 7:13 | stjones | 64975 | ||
Greetings, FTimA; Are you not able to see that some on this Forum might consider your teaching about spiritual gifts an example of "someone taking what God DID SAY and twisting it to fit their own purpose"? Other Christians, reading other passages of God-breathed Scripture, might conclude that your posts "promote a teaching that does not align with the word of God". Like it or not, Scripture has to be interpreted. If Peter and Paul disagreed on points of doctrine, what hope have we 2000 years later to agree on every reading and every interpretation? Surely you don't believe that every passage in the Bible is easily and obviously harmonized with every other passage? Spiritual gifts and baptism, for example, are the subject of multiple seemingly contradictory passages. Does God contradict himself? Of course not. So we must interpret these passages in light of all Scripture, we must struggle to bring it all into a harmonious whole. Denominations exist because imperfect people arrive at different conclusions - and every denomination can show how they think all these seemingly disparate pieces fit together to represent God's intent. If you truly believe that "The bible is our only guide", then I assume you listen to no preachers, read no commentaries, listen to no songs, ignore all Bible footnotes, and avoid all Christian media. To do otherwise would be to hear God's word tainted by the perception, interpretation, thought, experience, and fallenness of someone other than God. But that is not the church that God ordained. God ordained a church made up of sinners, often messy and contentious. He gave us each other, the Bible, and the Holy Spirit. What he did not give us is a certification. He provided no means to get an "Approved by God" stamp that we can affix to our teaching, our theology, our congregation, our denomination, or our posts to the Forum. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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2 | Spirtual Gifts | Matt 7:13 | FTimA | 64996 | ||
Yes, I agree with what you are saying. The things I say about others could very well be turned against me. Paul and Peter did not disagree on points of doctrine, Peter's behavior conflicted with doctrine. As it says in the scripture... Gal 2:11 But when Cephas (Peter, fta) came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For prior to the coming of certain men from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he began to withdraw and hold himself aloof, fearing the party of the circumcision. 13 The rest of the Jews joined him in hypocrisy, with the result that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in the presence of all, "If you, being a Jew, live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews? When truth is discussed, especially biblical truth, only one answer is right. Only one answer is the truth. Scripture is not interpreted, it is understood (1 Cor 14:15). 2 Pet 1:20 states, "But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation, for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. These are not men's words we are reading in the bible, they are God's words. God has an intended meaning behind them and this meaning is truth. You say, "If you truly believe that "The bible is our only guide", then I assume you listen to no preachers, read no commentaries, listen to no songs, ignore all Bible footnotes, and avoid all Christian media. To do otherwise would be to hear God's word tainted by the perception, interpretation, thought, experience, and fallenness of someone other than God." Actually, I do all of these things, but I compare it to MY understanding of scripture and pray to God always that He will lead me to His truth. No, he did't give us a certification, so to speak. But he did command us to "search the scriptures daily", "study to show thyself approved", etc. Thank you for your comments. |
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