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NASB | Hebrews 11:40 because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 11:40 because God had us in mind and had something better for us, so that they [these men and women of authentic faith] would not be made perfect [that is, completed in Him] apart from us. |
Subject: Superior Hope |
Bible Note: Either you are intentionally misrepresenting me, or I have failed to express myself clearly. Since a lot of folks say that I can be a bit obscure, I'm sure that it is the latter rather than the former. If you will kindly let me clarify. I do not blame Christianity for the evils done in its name. Evil men do evil things. Even believers fall in sin periodically. Nevertheless, this is not an inadequacy or a fault of Christianity. Rather it is the fault of the unholy triangle of the flesh, the devil, and the world system. Perhaps you take offense at my use of the word orthodoxy. By this word I do not mean the Roman Catholic Church, or any other organization. I use this word in the strictest sense of its original Greek meaning; i.e., "correct worship." People that deviate from orthodoxy are called "heretics," and are associated with heterodoxy. (There's another word "apostasy" that we could discuss sometime too.) A number of groups consider themselves orthodox. But God always has His remnant, and there is a line of faithful people stretch back through time. Although there are distinctions, you can trace back through time some of these great men of faith. Although there are deviations and disagreements, there is a set of consistent theological perspectives and interpretations of scripture that remain constant through the ages. Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 11:19 that God makes use of heresy to make manifest the faithful. Ultimately, these crimes you mention were not committed by the orthodox faithful, but by the politically established heterodoxical organizations. |