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NASB | John 6:6 This He was saying to test him, for He Himself knew what He was intending to do. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 6:6 But He said this to test Philip, because He knew what He was about to do. |
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Question (full): This has caught my attention! I don't want to see it fade away. Did Phillip pass his test? Was Jesus satisied by Phillip telling him they couldn't feed them with the money they had? Did Phillip act correctly in turning back to Jesus for guidance, instead of going off to beg/work for more money? (Many religions consider it a disciple's honor/duty to provide for their teachers) Is that even a proper way of looking at what happened in those passages? (cause if it is, I would think that Phillip passed his test...or am I overlooking something?) Or did Phillip need proof of Jesus's divinity, leading Jesus to call Phillip's attention before he performed His miracle, so that Phillip could be convicted by having known beforehand that they could not have purchased the food to feed the people gathered? And about the comparison of Phillip's test to the Corithian's belief of Pauls apostleship. I thought that the Holy Ghost did not descend to believers until the Pentecost. Would this make a difference between the Corinthians' ability to perceive Paul's apostleship and Phillip's ability to perceive Christ? I just thought of something else. Paul expected the Corinthians to be "not spared" for not acknowledging his apostleship. Revelations 2:2 seems to be praising the church of Ephesus for rightly discerning true apostles. Now, I have been taught that there are no more apostles today, so I would not expect to have to worry myself about rightly discerning who is an apostle or not. But I only accept the Old Testament and the New Testament as being the inspired word of God, so I only consider a man an apostle, if someone points out to me where the Bible says he is an apostle. If I was to come across another source that claimed to be the teachings of an apostle and I believed it, and then heeded to its instruction as being the instructions of God (without testing its apostleship from what I know of God)...verses 13:5 of 2 Corinthians and 2:2 of Revelation seem to be telling me that I would be earning the condemnation of God. These verses are saying that we are given the ability to assess and discern the apostleship of men and we are expected to use this ability. Is this what you read in these verses? And what about false teachings? Aren't there real Christians who may be deceived by a false teacher? An apostle is a teacher, but also much more. So even though we have the ability to discern false teaching, can we use these passages to scorn anyone who comes up with some bizarre teaching without giving them the chance to repent? Please don't let this question fall to the wayside! Thanks, Steph |