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1 | Mystery of Gods Purpose | 2 Tim 3:16 | Steven Johnston | 176179 | ||
If you type in the word purpose, in the search word section of this forum, it shows that, purpose, appears in many books of the Bible. One example, Romans Chap. 8, "The whole creation is eagerly waiting for God to reveal his sons." "all those that are called according to his purpose. They are the ones he chose specially long ago and intended to become true images of his Son, so that the Son might be the eldest of many brothers." Or in Ephesians Ch.1 "Before the world was made, he chose us, chose us in Christ...for his own kind purposes, to make us praise the glory of his grace,..He has let us know the mystery of his purpose, the hidden plan he so kindly made in Christ from the beginning to act upon when the times had run their course to the end: that he would bring everything together under Christ,as head, everything in the heavens and everything on earth." So if somebody claims that he heard the Word of God, and that "You are a good man. All men have purpose. You have purpose. White man help the black man. Organize.", was what he heard, would that mean that he could say that he is chosen of God? | ||||||
2 | Mystery of Gods Purpose | 2 Tim 3:16 | Hank | 176180 | ||
Steven - Having been able to form no clear idea in my head of what you are asking, I am hard pressed to do much of anything from your hints but guess at what you may mean. So, being able to do nothing more than guess at possible meanings, and from the possibilites choose one which appears to me the most likely, I offer you this: If someone claims that he heard the word of God, and if by that he means he was made privy to a private or special revelation from God, the proper Bible-sanctioned response to that claim is "Nay, not so." Read Hebrews 1:1,2. Our sole source of faith and practice is Scripture (sola scriptura), which is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. See 2 Timothy 3:16,17. Moreover, he who looks for extra-biblical revelation will not find it and is wasting his time. He should instead devote himself "to contend earnestly for the faith which was once and for all handed down to the saints" (see Jude 3). The Canon is closed. The word of God is complete. It's fatuous and inane, not to mention highly presumptuous, to look for a "sign" such as a private revelation or the unveiling of a "mystery" of some sort. That's what the scribes and Pharisees sought from Jesus. "We want to see a sign from You" they said. And Jesus' response was blunt and to the point. "An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign" He said. Read the whole discourse beginning at Matthew 12:38. ...... A sign was what the scribes and Pharisees of old craved for. And in spite of having God's precious, complete and inerrant word in front of us, staring us in the face as it were, we many of us still crave a sign, just like the scribes and Pharisees. And we pay our money and pledge our allegiance to false teachers who promise to give us our golden calf, the "sign" we insist on having. My friendly recommendation to you, Steven, is to come out from under the shadows of these dreamy speculations and into the light of the Scriptures. You will find God revealed no where else. --Hank | ||||||
3 | Mystery of Gods Purpose | 2 Tim 3:16 | Steven Johnston | 176225 | ||
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4 | Mystery of Gods Purpose | 2 Tim 3:16 | Hank | 176228 | ||
Steven - Thanks for your response. We all of us have dreamed dreams and each has an accumulation of experiences which he considers unique to himself. The retelling of some of them make interesting reading, though it is doubted that the reader gets quite the bounce out of these stories as the writer does. But at all events this Bible study forum is not an exchange club for the sharing of dreams or near-death or "post-death" experiences. It is, as the name clearly implies, a forum for Bible study. Please, let's keep it on track, shall we? If relating experiences is your bag, I'm sure a little search effort will yield a web site more sympathetic to your zeal. --Hank | ||||||
5 | Mystery of Gods Purpose | 2 Tim 3:16 | Steven Johnston | 176229 | ||
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6 | Mystery of Gods Purpose | 2 Tim 3:16 | Hank | 176230 | ||
Steven - Please don't be hostile with me or with any other member of this Forum. I merely pointed out the purpose and aim of this Forum, all of which are set down in the guidelines published by the owner of this web site, the Lockman Foundation. May I once again suggest to you, should you care to remain an active user, that you read and abide by these guidelines. --Hank | ||||||