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1 | Can you tell me where was jesus for thos | Rev 1:18 | Hank | 144811 | ||
No passage of Scripture ever says two opposing things. When Mr. A interprets a passage of Scripture to mean thus-and-so to him and Mr. B interprets it to mean the opposite, one may be right and the other wrong, or both may be wrong, but both cannot be right. It is of supreme importance to seek for truth relentlessly and objectively, to search and keep on searching for what what Scripture really means by what it says. We should all do well to cast from our thought and from our speech the phrase, _Scripture says so-and-so to me_, for that is merely another way of expressing our opinion, not of diligently exegeting Scripture or digging deeply enough for objectivity. Scripture always means what it means no matter what it may or may not say to me. What certain passages "said to me" when I was a child are not necessarily what they "say to me" now, yet Scripture said exactly the same then as now. Scripture has not changed. I have. My ability to understand has. Until I reach the plateau of perfect understanding -- and in 70 years I am not even close -- I should continue to search for God's absolute truth and, in searching, cast away the thought of seeking for what a passage of Scripture means to me and seek simply for what it means. False teaching flourishes because various groups have promoted bad doctrines and bad theological systems based on subjective feelings and faulty reasoning, the inevitable products of "what Scripture says to them." --Hank | ||||||
2 | Can you tell me where was jesus for thos | Rev 1:18 | EdB | 144825 | ||
Hank SEVENTY!!!! WOW!! Your almost older than dirt! :-) I bet you was here telling God where to put the rocks. I can see it now but lots of rocks there some guy by the name of Ed is going to try to make a garden there and he needs lots of rocks to learn perseverance. :-) Just kidding Hank I knew you were quickly approaching that mark but your birthday just sort of slipped by. EdB |
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3 | Can you tell me where was jesus for thos | Rev 1:18 | Hank | 144844 | ||
Actually, Ed, I won't turn 70 until March 4 but have begun to refer to it now in an effort to cushion the shock of being three score and ten. When from the King James Bible I read 1 Kings 1:1, "Now King David was old and stricken in years" and glance at the note in the margin that tells me he was seventy years old, I recognize that no longer was King David the young shepherd boy he once was and neither am I the young lad who once ran barefoot up and down the red clay hills of north Georgia. But thanks be to God for the long and full life that I have been blessed to lead thus far: so many joys, so many blessings, so dear a wife and children, so many faithful friends, and above all, so unspeakably great a Friend in Jesus, who gave me the greatest gift of all, eternal life, because He loved me so much that He willingly went to the cross to die for my sins. And for yours, Ed. And for all who come to Him in faith and put their trust in Him as Lord and Savior of their lives. Alleluia! Praise to the Lamb! --Hank | ||||||
4 | Can you tell me where was jesus for thos | Rev 1:18 | EdB | 144845 | ||
Hank I know what your talking about my wife and I will celebrate our 40th aniversary this year. I still remember thinking after 5 years we had been married long and that I must be getting old. Oh boy would I love to that "old" again. Your right about our friend in Jesus as the years slip by he just seems to become a better friend each and every day. EdB |
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