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NASB | Matthew 7:13 ¶ "Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 7:13 ¶ "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad and easy to travel is the path that leads the way to destruction and eternal loss, and there are many who enter through it. |
Subject: Spirtual Gifts |
Bible Note: Greetings, FTimA; Are you not able to see that some on this Forum might consider your teaching about spiritual gifts an example of "someone taking what God DID SAY and twisting it to fit their own purpose"? Other Christians, reading other passages of God-breathed Scripture, might conclude that your posts "promote a teaching that does not align with the word of God". Like it or not, Scripture has to be interpreted. If Peter and Paul disagreed on points of doctrine, what hope have we 2000 years later to agree on every reading and every interpretation? Surely you don't believe that every passage in the Bible is easily and obviously harmonized with every other passage? Spiritual gifts and baptism, for example, are the subject of multiple seemingly contradictory passages. Does God contradict himself? Of course not. So we must interpret these passages in light of all Scripture, we must struggle to bring it all into a harmonious whole. Denominations exist because imperfect people arrive at different conclusions - and every denomination can show how they think all these seemingly disparate pieces fit together to represent God's intent. If you truly believe that "The bible is our only guide", then I assume you listen to no preachers, read no commentaries, listen to no songs, ignore all Bible footnotes, and avoid all Christian media. To do otherwise would be to hear God's word tainted by the perception, interpretation, thought, experience, and fallenness of someone other than God. But that is not the church that God ordained. God ordained a church made up of sinners, often messy and contentious. He gave us each other, the Bible, and the Holy Spirit. What he did not give us is a certification. He provided no means to get an "Approved by God" stamp that we can affix to our teaching, our theology, our congregation, our denomination, or our posts to the Forum. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |