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1 | Any literature? | Luke 14:26 | seeking4truth | 101263 | ||
Thanks, DL5. Your response at least gives me some hope. If you have counseled people in these matters, could you recommend some literature or a website that goes in-depth at explaining some of these contradictions. My life, as everyone's is, is important to me. Jesus said that we should consider the cost of following him. I am trying to do that. If I am to fully trust him, then he must stand up to the test of a prophet in not contradicting prior revelation. And that is why I am questioning his teachings. If he truly is the son of God, then his teachings should in no way contradict the prior teachings of God through the other prophets. So I would like a well-reasoned explanation as to why some of his teachings seem to do this. I doubt I will get to ask my questions here, though, as a few of these responses tell me that neither God or Jesus or the Bible are open to serious questioning. Some are insisting on blind faith instead of reasoned faith. But it is blind faith that leads into cults and I have no desire to join one. Can you recommend any literature? Thanks, seeking4truth |
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2 | Any literature? | Luke 14:26 | Searcher56 | 101288 | ||
Actually just study the Bible ... there is no contradiction. In the Sermon of the Mount, there is a section "you have heard it said - but, I say unto you" ... that is usally oral tradition, which may have not been a prophet or written. | ||||||
3 | Any literature? | Luke 14:26 | seeking4truth | 101292 | ||
Searcher56, That, sir, is what has lead me to my egnimas. I am looking at Jesus saying to hate your family and God's Law in saying to honor them and Paul's teaching to love them, and, frankly, they don't jive. I am not looking at exbiblical literature. I am looking at the scriptures themselves and they (seem) to conflict. All I want to do is to understand the contradiction. God says to honor, Paul says to love, Jesus says to hate. If all three are true, then it is a truth beyond my ability to understand. I admit that some faith is required. But while Christians claim the inerrancy and infallibility of the scriptures, they seem to ignor any seeming contradictions. If I trust in the God of the Bible, I want to be able to share a reason for that trust, not to just brush aside a question or an issue because it does not fit with my personal theology. seeking4truth |
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4 | Any literature? | Luke 14:26 | Searcher56 | 101301 | ||
Scripture ... Exo 20:1-12; Mal 1:2-3; Luk 10:26-27, 14:25-35 (vs 26); Eph 6:1 ... When Jesus said to hate (Luk 14:26 - read context (vv 25-35) ... cost of discipleship), He is using hyperbole, as used when comparing Jacob and Esau (Mal 1:2-3). We must love God more than family. We may want to put them with God is our love, but He wants to be first (Exo 20:1ff). Even when comapring our love for God and neighbor, the latter is secondary (Luk 10:26-27). Hope this helps. |
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