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1 | Post-Truth | 1 Tim 5:25 | EdB | 243898 | ||
But the question remains who decides what is objective versus subjective. No addition to scripture is ideal but any interpretation of scripture is in fact an addition to that scripture. Therefore Sola Scriptura may be the goal but it is a goal that can never be absolutely obtainable. This is exactly why there are so many different theological positions in this world today. |
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2 | Post-Truth | 1 Tim 5:25 | DocTrinsograce | 243899 | ||
Yes, there is no magisterium, there aren't even individual mystical authorities. So that's a very good comment... and the old divines addressed it very well! "The infallible rule of interpretation of Scripture is the Scripture itself: and therefore, when there is a question about the true and full sense of any Scripture (which is not manifold, but one), it must be searched and known by other places that speak more clearly. "The supreme judge by which all controversies of religion are to be determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient writers, doctrines of men, and private spirits, are to be examined, and in whose sentence we are to rest, can be no other but the Holy Spirit speaking in the Scripture." --Westminster Confession of Faith I.IX-X Isn't that cool? They even subjected themselves to Sola Scriptura! That goal is what we all must pursue, precisely as Paul instructed in Ephesians 4. I have been so grateful to our gracious host, the Lockman Foundation, for maintaining this high view of Scripture despite so much resistance to it. |
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3 | Post-Truth | 1 Tim 5:25 | EdB | 243901 | ||
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4 | Post-Truth | 1 Tim 5:25 | DocTrinsograce | 243903 | ||
Yes, the tares will always be amidst the wheat until our Lord comes in judgment. Sad thing is, most of the tares don't know they are tares. (Matthew 7:15-27) Let us therefore build upon the Rock; not gimmicks, shows, emotions, and prestidigitation. The Word is the greatest gift given to men. Without it, you cannot have your "dedicated, sincere, faithful..." let alone Godly! Where in the world can a man find this Godliness without the Word? I know nothing of inferences... goodness, Ed... is that really necessary for such a doctrinal stance. I stand on time tested doctrine of the church. There is no surer ground. As Martin Luther put it at the Diet of Worms, "Here I stand; I can do no other. God help me." |
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5 | Post-Truth | 1 Tim 5:25 | EdB | 243905 | ||
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