Bible Question:
Dear lionheart, Thank you for responding. I'm puzzeled that you feel I am deceiving this forum. I don't understand. I have always maintained that I am a seeker of truth. I believe only what is true. How can you worship God if not in truth? Are you opposed to rational scrutiny? How can anyone who believes in truth be opposed to the opportunity to let truth prevail? How does a person's character influence the outcome of what is true and what is false. What does it matter if I am vincoblazo or pukalanian, Mormon or Catholic, black or white, Thiest or Christian, male or female, Hindu or Moslem? God is the creator of all. Col 3:11, "but Christ is all and in all." He is just as much in me as in everyone else. All that matters about posting is the discovery of truth. For the truth, although painful and hard to accept at times, is extremely liberating. 1 Thess 5:21, "Test all things, hold fast what is good." Is there something wrong with that? Proverbs 14:15, "The simple believes every word, but the prudent considers well his steps." When I post to this forum I am only seeking truth. Every elder I have known throughout my life has agreed that we never stop learning. The older we get the more we discover how little we know. Even the long held presummed truths of old have been replaced with new discoveries. For over 5000 years most of the world believed the earth was flat. Just look at how much better off the world became when those sailing explorers sought the truth and discovered that falling off the earths ocean was not possible. Now we see through the eyes of satelites and telescopes how awesomely magnificent God is to have created such a universe. If you feel what I am posting are lies, then please show me. God is good, God is great, God is perfect, He is not the author of confusion. Thank you for understanding, pukalanian |
Bible Answer: Howdy pukalanian, I definitely agree that we never stop learning.. You mentioned "Even the long held presummed truths of old have been replaced...etc.." When they believed that the earth was flat did that make it flat? The Truth never changed. the earth was always round.. In Job 38:12-14 speaks about the earth being taken ahold of by the ends and shaken.. and in vs. 14 "It is changed like clay under the seal" The hebrew word for changed is turned. This implies that the earth is turned like a cylinder or seal rolled over clay.. earth rotating on axis???.... Isaiah 40:22 mentions He that sits upon the circle of the earth... Several commentaries I have note this as the Bible teaching the earth is round.... not a flat disc but a sphere.... It was God's Word that inspired Christopher Columbus to sail around the world.(from his diary, in reference to his discovery of the "New World") "It was the Lord who put it into my mind...I could feel His hand upon me...There is no question the inspiration was from the Holy Spirit because He comforted me with rays of marvelous illumination from the Holy Scriptures...No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Savior....The gospel must still be preached to so many lands in such a short time. This is what convinces me." Job 26:7 "He hangs the earth upon nothing" At one time it was believed that the earth sat on a giant or large animal.....but the Bible spoke of the earths free floating in space.... Interestingly enough, Somebody please correct me here if I'm wrong but I think it was Magellan who was persecuted at one time by the Catholic Church for saying/or teaching that the earth was round ... Thought I'd throw in a few cents before somebody tells me to keep the change... God Bless, Truthfisher.... P.S. I don't know about 1 percent of 1 percent of anything but I'm hoping that I'll move on up to the 1.25 percent of 1 percent before it's all said and done.. Even then It will be a Glorified 1.25 percent Ha! but I'll have a long time to work on it... |