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1 | Can we determine thr truth of the matter | 1 John 1:8 | armond888 | 228757 | ||
Wow, certainly shows our enthusiastic approach to scripture. I find scripture is best understood through the agency of the Holy Spirit. Even how the Spirit of the LORD communicates truth comes under great debate, this of course is nothing new. Jesus Himself said the Holy Spirit would lead us and guide us into all truth and yet there are numerous opinions regarding the truth more numerous to count even within the "Church", depending on our background. I find the biggest deterrent to understanding the Bible is the intermingling of secular thinking in the reasoning process of many Christians. Here is my kicker on this topic and others, real truth is based on revelation knowledge, the same way we receive salvation. Without revelation knowledge everything is up for debate with revelation knowledge nothing is up for debate. Matt 11:25 At that time Jesus began to say, I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth [and I acknowledge openly and joyfully to Your honor], that You have hidden these things from the wise and clever and learned, and revealed them to babies [to the childish, untaught, and unskilled].By the way GOD is not looking for perfection in our behavior, God is expecting us to serve HIM through acts of service and not living a lifestyle of sin, this is NOT perfection. We may stumble on occasion but since we are dead to sin it will be a rare occurrence. Rom 8:5 For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. |
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2 | Can we determine thr truth of the matter | 1 John 1:8 | BradK | 228758 | ||
Hello armond888, You said, "real truth is based on revelation knowledge, the same way we receive salvation. Without revelation knowledge everything is up for debate with revelation knowledge nothing is up for debate." Can you define 'revelation knowledge'? By this, are you referring to Eph 1:17, "that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him." ? (NASB) We receive salvation by grace through faith, so you're saying we receive revelation knowledge the same way? Can you clarify, " with revelation knowledge nothing is up for debate." How so? Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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3 | Can we determine thr truth of the matter | 1 John 1:8 | armond888 | 228763 | ||
BradK , Yes Eph 1:17, also reference Matt 16:17 Then Jesus answered him, Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are you, Simon Bar-Jonah. For flesh and blood [men] have not revealed this to you, but My Father Who is in heaven. When GOD tells you something the debate is over period. And finally consider what the Bible tells us concerning prophecy in the verse below, I believe this scripture does not only refer to prophecy but to the entire Holy Spirit inspired Word of GOD as documented in the inerrant and infallible Holy Bible. 2 Pet 1:20[Yet] first [you must] understand this, that no prophecy of Scripture is [a matter] of any personal or private or special interpretation (loosening, solving). The opinions of men are meaningless - Pet 1:21 For no prophecy ever originated because some man willed it [to do so--it never came by human impulse], but men spoke from God who were borne along (moved and impelled) by the Holy Spirit. |
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4 | Can we determine thr truth of the matter | 1 John 1:8 | armond888 | 228764 | ||
There is great discussion on this forum on many Bible subjects and I love reading some of the feedback. I have been using studybibleforum since 2002 it is a good online reference. I do think however that many of the answers, notes, questions that come forth on this site seem competitive in nature. It seems that some are competing to see who is the smartest, has the most Bible knowledge or something. This behavior is indeed carnal in nature and has it's root in worthless worldly pride. GOD resist the proud but gives grace to the humble. Serving GOD is not an intellectual pursuit, it is a pursuit of love. 1 Cor 1:26 For [simply] consider your own call, brethren; not many [of you were considered to be] wise according to human estimates and standards, not many influential and powerful, not many of high and noble birth. 1 Cor 1:27 [No] for God selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is foolish to put the wise to shame, and what the world calls weak to put the strong to shame. 1 Cor 1:28 And God also selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is lowborn and insignificant and branded and treated with contempt, even the things that are nothing, that He might depose and bring to nothing the things that are, 1 Cor 1:29 So that no mortal man should [have pretense for glorying and] boast in the presence of God. |
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5 | Can we determine thr truth of the matter | 1 John 1:8 | DocTrinsograce | 228765 | ||
Hi, Armand... With text it is often difficult to discern motive. I read a study once that said that over sixty percent of emotive discernment of online text was in error. I do not know if the problem is in writers' poor ability to express themselves, or readers' poor ability to discern intent. Either way, it behooves us to look solely at the text, being suspicious of reading between the lines. It is also more charitable to give people the benefit of the doubt (1 Peter 4:8). Furthermore, the pride problem becomes a non-issue when the posters remain anonymous (cf Matthew 6:3-4). It is further mitigated by the fact that the vast majority of SBF participants are readers only. Thus, the impact of posts remain largely unknown to the poster. We all need to be wary of pride. However, in this venue, let us be concerned about presenting rightly what our Lord has revealed about Himself in the Scriptures, rather than what we reveal about ourselves in posts. The former is eternal, the later is temporal. The former is what has changed our lives, the latter is fading. In Him, Doc |
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6 | Can we determine thr truth of the matter | 1 John 1:8 | lionheart | 228766 | ||
Doc, You've expressed here what I think allot of us overlook. A question I come up with where scripture is concerned, are there any reasons to be reading between the lines? Considering the nature and character of God I wouldn't think so. In Him, lionheart |
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