Subject: What unmarried sexual acts are sinful? |
Bible Note: Just quickly, as I have to go. Paragraph 1 is definitely not what I am saying. What the Bible contains is true, every bit of it. Doctrine is our construction of that truth, in our own minds and is a model or approximation of an objective truth, which is what it is totally independent of our understanding. We must distiguish our understanding from the actual reality of the truth itself. Otherwise we may not hear the quiet correction of God. I apologize if I seem trivial. My life consists largely of words (but not of good typing), and even the Bible suggests that there is great power in them. I try to be careful and clear and find the discipline helps refine and clarify my understanding and thus my application of truth. If this dilaogue does not draw either of us or someone closer to God or help us hear Him more clearly, then it is vain and useless. I too am not interested in quibbling and am perhaps in error to pen so quick a response, but I have to go. I will reread your submissions. I believe there is merit in my doing so. Just be cautious the letter (and associated doctrine) kills if taken apart from the grace and Spirit of God. There will be skilled theologians in heaven and hell alike. Thank you for the time to help hone my own understanding, God bless you, forrest PS. I do know, and we can know absolute truth. It is discernable and "knowable", but the truth we can know abslolutely is not data or fact but is right relationship with our savior, Jesus Christ. All other truths are contained in Him and radiate from Him. I fear that many people know scripture, and know doctrine, but miss the savior passing near. This is a fearful thought and the motivation of my remarks. Forgive me if my statements have been unclear or seemed to be quibbling. My thoughts are not academic. I still fly, but used to fly an aircraft with terrain following radar. My E2 scope had a graphic display which was the ground and my climb profile. That presentation was my doctrine and I flew with direct reference to it. Yet, I always realized that the reference was not the ground itself which was always a very solid reality just a couple seconds away. |