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1 | What would make this allogory? | 1 John 3:2 | bibleman12 | 214107 | ||
Hi John, Thank you for your reply. I don't think I understand what you are saying. Are you saying that when John said he saw souls... that for me to say a soul can be seen is subjective? How can saying what the Bible says be subjective? Am I missing something here? |
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2 | What would make this allogory? | 1 John 3:2 | stjohn | 214108 | ||
To the first, no... to the second, I am not saying that at all... to the last, yes! Let me just give you an edited quote from a man that I greatly love, respect, and admire, who has taught me a thing or two about what is is and is not important when it comes to studying the word of our gracious Father. And I echo these sentiments without equivocation, or any reservation, whatsoever. “I lay no claim whatever to any expertise on matters involving High Theology or anything of the kind, so I'm fairly well limited when it comes to trying to connect the dots. And that is good! It forces me to attempt to speak only where the Bible speaks and to keep my mouth shut where the Bible is silent. I have enough trouble learning and digesting what the Bible clearly reveals, and so it leaves me no time to speculate and ruminate on the things which our loving and all-wise Father chose not to elaborate. God's eternal and unchanging word will be around long after I'm gone. Few indeed are they who care about my opinions now and fewer still will remember them after I've gone. So my candid view about questions such as call for speculations is this: If God did not choose to reveal details, is it our business to worry very much about them? I really don't believe that God expects us to fill in the blanks ourselves nor needs man to take over where He left off, do you? Just how important is it to know about such things? The narrative has endured and imparted the message it was intended to impart for centuries as it is, without being gussied up with all these minute frills and details. Let's be content to learn from it all that it clearly reveals without tarnishing the sacred record by adding our worthless speculation and groundless guesses.” –Hank Hallmark |
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