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NASB | Proverbs 21:2 Every man's way is right in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the hearts. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Proverbs 21:2 Every man's way is right in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs and examines the hearts [of people and their motives]. [Prov 24:12; Luke 16:15] |
Subject: Man's understanding is not always God's |
Bible Note: Hi Ed, Thanks for your response and comment. A couple questions for further clarification: 1. You said your "focus was more on the aspect of theology that divides Christianity." Don't you perhaps mean, "doctrines"? I don't see theology- strictly speaking- as dividing Christianity. However, theology improperly understood, abused or heretically communicated would be divisive. 2. I agree with you that "nothing as stated in scripture divides Christianity." However, errent doctrine and the fallen state of man (our sinful nature) can account for further divisions. As Christ scolded the Pharisees for being hypocrites, saying: Matt 15:8- 'THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME. Matt 15:9- 'BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.'" Saying that, I firmly believe we have much more within Orthodoxy that we can and should agree upon than "divides" us! The core doctrines should unite us in our common faith (Jude 3). It seems that when we major on minors (the non-essentials) is when we get into pride hence causing divisions. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |