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1 | For Joe. | Bible general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 16248 | ||
Charis: I agree with what you say about the Bible, the church, and the Holy Spirit. I am sure that you agree, also, that the Bible is our tool for discerning whether it is truly the Spirit who is working. I also would bet that you believe that when a church and the Bible are at odds, it is most likely time to find another church. In other words, the Bible is our sole objective, immutable authority for knowing God. It requires the Spirit's teaching us (John 14:26), and faithful misisters proclaiming God's truth are definitely a gift from Him (thanks be to God for them!); but the whole Christian life for us in the post-apostolic age is centered in the completed canon. When I was referring to illiteracy and the unavailability of Scripture, I was referring to the Middle Ages and pre-Reformation Renaissance more than the early church. Certainly God has preserved His people throughout history, many of whom have very little access to Scriptual truth of any kind. But the Scriptural truth that they go get is what they cling to. Think of Chinese Christians who have one Bible for about every 500 believers. These are people who do not so casually put aside the Word of God. They THIRST after it in a way I have seen few believers in free countries thirst after it. They have the Spirit. They are congregated. But it is the Bible that makes the Christian growth complete. The problem that I am addressing however, is the notion that the Bible is "not enough" in some sense, that we must rely on other, outside sources for a complete knowledge of God. This leads to lots of errors on the part of the original poster, which mostly center around the apparent opinion that mankind is basically good and clearly reflects God's nature in our humanitarian deeds. "Good" deeds such as the rescue attempts in NYC, while they are helpful and are making a temporal difference in our world (and I DO support the efforts, so save the flames, onlookers!), also can be done from very humanistic, and God-dishonoring motives. It does not reflect the "innate goodness" of the human race, which you know the Bible denies (Romans 3:10-18). The Bible is the only thing we have which unmistakably conveys the nature of God, and looking at humanity as a whole without a knowledge of the Bible is the most ridiculous way of learning about God's character. But I am sure that I am speaking to the choir here... --Joe! |
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2 | peace | Bible general Archive 1 | PECHES_650520 | 16334 | ||
you are judging how God reveles himself to me I dare you think that you have all the answers because you do not. again my education my not be all of that my heart is right with my cretaor for my sake. I don't feel i have to justify myself to you for you are, trying to figure how all of this plays in to the things that happen in the world. I donot take any drugs are anything but I. meditate on the things around me and I ask for his guidance and understand of things, an believe it our not he answers me. It is never when I want it but God blessings are never late. I can trully say that God has been better to me than I have been to myself. I just thought that I would s join a forum to dicuss how god makes each and everyone of you people really feel. sorry but maybe I am in the wrong forum. When all the reading has been done and all the preaching has been done there has to be more. Thats okay if you people on this forum donot understand. So people are not in the spiritual ram of our existance in this world. I personally do not want to just read the bible I want to feel what it feels like to be a hero in the bible. This is life to me. | ||||||
3 | peace | Bible general Archive 1 | Sir Pent | 16339 | ||
Peches, I don't know who you are responding to by posting this question. I didn't think anyone accused you of using drugs, why did you bring that up? Also, as for whether this is a good forum for you, I think it is. I do want to warn you though, that things will probably not come easy for you. Because your beliefs are different from most of the people here, many of your posts may not be received with great appreciation. At the same time, I think that the people here could help you learn many important things about God. And I think that your passion for God could be inspiring to everyone else. I guess what I'm trying to say is please stick around and be patient with the people on this forum. Try not to feel like anyone is attacking you personally so that you can avoid getting defensive. Together we can all grow closer to Christ, and our love for Him can increase. |
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