Subject: need for a bible-anyone |
Bible Note: 'Are you saying that the New Testament is not inspired. Joe it did not say Old Testament only, it said "ALL".' Yes, I am saying the NT is not inspired. Couldn;t you tell from my constant quotation of it that I do not hold it in high regard? Please get real. (And for those just joining us, that is sarcasm). Since the New Testament was not complete yet, Paul was referring here to the Old Testament, however. You wrote: "The church has always been since it was established. Though it may have been small and partly crushed due to Roman rule." Really? So where were people baptising by immersion before the Anabaptists of the 16th century? Since burial in water is a prereqiuisite for entering heaven according to the Churches of Christ, please point out to us where that was being done in the Middle Ages. You wrote: "Joe are you under the old or the new Testaments? Which one? Give an answer?" Being a Gentile, I was never part of the Mosaic Covenant. However, you have yet to demonstrate how musical instruments and choirs are forbidden in the church. That is the biggest bunch of silliness that has ever come down the pike! You wrote: "But the church was established in the NEW!" The church was established in the New, but there is a continuous link between the Old Testament people of God (saved by grace through faith in the coming redemption -- Abraham in Romans 4 again) and the New Testament people of God (saved by grace through faith in the accomplished redemption). One group was not abolished to establish the other. Rather, Gentiles were grafted in to God's people (Romans 9-11). The two became one (Galatians 3:27-29; Ephesians 2:11-22). So we see that God never liked divorce, but permitted it. Please show me where God hated musical instruments and choirs, but permitted them. --Joe! |