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1 | Is there a reason to debate? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 219924 | ||
First of all, I'd like to wish everyone a merry Christmas! God bless you Justme! I heartily agree. Discussions like this one, again remind me of some wise words spoken by our dearly departed and sorely missed brother in Christ, Hank; who's most eloquent soliloquy I have recently posted on the forum, but for those in this discussion that haven't had the opportunity to read it, I hope no one minds too much if I take the liberty at this apropos time to post it again. John “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 |
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2 | Is there a reason to debate? | Bible general Archive 4 | dodoy | 219927 | ||
Merry Christmas, too, John. I fully agree with Hank we ought to keep our mouths shut where the Bible is silent. Sorry, but I understand it to also mean we ought to keep our mouths open where the Bible is not silent. dodoy |
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3 | Is there a reason to debate? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 219931 | ||
Amen, absolutely, indeed Hank said that very thing, and to quote Hank again, '"speak only where the Bible speaks"" and to keep my mouth shut where the Bible is silent" Note the use of the word "only" | ||||||
4 | Is there a reason to debate? | Bible general Archive 4 | dodoy | 219932 | ||
A blissful day to you, John. Indeed to discuss about Christ is to admit that the Bible is not silent about it. By emphasizing the word "only", I may have misread you, but it seems you noticed something in our discussions as going out of bounds with what the Scriptures say. Please, Brother, new as I am here in the forum, I honestly believe we all here are not like Cain, who refused to be his brother's keeper. Would you mind telling us, or me directly, what is it in our discussions of Christ's death and resurrection that seems to be out of bounds with the Bible? I would greatly appreciate it. dodoy |
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