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1 | God's name or a title? | John 1:1 | Sir Pent | 120843 | ||
Disagreement......................................................... Hi Bstudent, In your post, you said that I am wrong to designate the Bible as the highest authority in my life. You said that it was better to allow reason and logic to control you beliefs and actions. I disagree. Humanity is too good at rationalizing to trust your eternal soul to your ability to be rational. We need an anchor that is beyond ourselves and thankfully God has given us His Word to be just that :) 1 Cor 2:5 "so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God." |
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2 | God's name or a title? | John 1:1 | bstudent | 120899 | ||
Misunderstanding . . . . Greetings. Like you, I view the truth as found in the Bible as the highest authority in my life. As you are well aware however, that truth is not always easily discerned among all the religious interpretations. I am interested on your comments pertaining to Paul's ministry and in particular, his teaching technique as I quoted at Acts 17:2,3. My point is that if, like the Jews in Thessalonica, someone does not see why God requires something or acted in certain way, we can appeal to his reason, explain and prove with references the superiority of His ways. Created in his image, we have capacity to stand at awe of his great love, justice and wisdom, and He encourages, even requires, that we imitate these qualities. To do so we must be able to distinguish false from true, good from bad, fine from rotten. (Matt 7:15-20) I conclude such discernment is impossible without our God-given faculties of logic and reason. Of course, humility is a prerequisite to reasonableness - the recognition that our thinking pales in comparison to the one who created all things, including our mental capacities. This will cause us to love his instructions and commands, not viewing them as burdensome, but rather as loving. On the other hand, the liar Satan will deceive us with false reasoning if we do not truly get the sense of the truths contained in God's word. To hate what is bad, one must comprehend why its bad. To appreciate the ransom sacrifice, one must understand why it was necessary. Do you agree? |
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