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1 | Joe, is your reasoning not circular? | Rom 10:17 | Reformer Joe | 20365 | ||
Your Mormon comment simply reveals your scoffing of anything of intellectual value. How typical. Preaching/teaching is NOT "icing on the cake." It is a God-ordained, essential aspect of our Christian lives. Except in rare cirumstances where such teaching is completely unavailable (like being in solitary confinement in Vietnam or something along those lines), it is the way God has intended for Christians to grow. This is why your view bothers me so much. You take all that the New Testament reveals as God-ordained and works commanded by God of believers and put them in the category of "helpful suggestions." We are commanded to teach sound doctrine, hold to sound doctrine, and to toss people out of fellowship who refuse to adhere to sound doctrine. Doctrine is TEACHING, Bill. That is what the word means. How in the world can you dare call Holy Spirit-inspired teaching "icing on the cake" that you can do without? "That's okay, God; I don't feel the need to listen to what you are saying through this guy; I prefer just you and me and my Bible. Let's do it my way." Why don't you look at the whole of my argument rather than taking one sentence out of context? I said there is a DYNAMIC between the two. Go back and read it again and comment on the point I was actually making. It is you who thinks it is a great thing for new converts to abandon any external teaching whatsoever, thereby intentionally choosing one over the other. You are so prideful to trust that you have such a clear ear for what the Holy Spirit is saying. The fact is that you still sin, Bill. Accept that your tendency to sin will often cloud your mind of what is from the Holy Spirit and what is the thing that Bill wishes the Holy Spirit were saying. I do the same thing, as does every Christian to a greater or lesser degree. In this case, it is your prideful anti-intellectualism that has you so completely unteachable, no matter how many verses are cited pointing you out to be WRONG. You write: "You can't criticize me (or you shouldn't) for believing a certain way BECAUSE of what I have been taught and then turn around and say that EXTERNAL teaching is just as viable as what the Holy Spirit does?" The external teaching is ALSO what the Holy Spirit does. There's your problem in one sentence. You are not open to correction from anyone, and that is sin. --Joe! |
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2 | Joe, is your reasoning not circular? | Rom 10:17 | Bill Mc | 20369 | ||
Nice of you to point out my 'sin'. You're not the first, the Holy Spirit got to me long before you did. Thank God I'm under grace, huh? Bill Mc |
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