Subject: Acts 13:1 |
Bible Note: Hello Brad, I gave some references in my response to WOS. Take them for what you will. I am not trying to defend soul sleep. The bigger issue is to listen to what others say. For example, I am not a Mormon. However, I have read the book of Mormon. Why? Because if I am to shrug off Mormonism as being false, then I have to determine if what they believe is true. The best way to do this is to read/listen to what they teach. The worst way is to listen to what someone, who already believes what I do, says about them. Otherwise I am putting an awful lot of faith in the people telling me about the Mormons. I don't like to put that much trust in mere men, so why not hear what a Mormon says to see if it is true? PS, your statement about not learning the real thing by studying a counterfeit is accurate. However, you must first assume that what you have is the real thing. If it is not, then every "real" thing would look counterfeit when compared to what you have. Not saying what you have is counterfeit, but that we make an error when we assume that everything we know is truth and everything that opposes it is false. That is why Paul tells us to test things and hold to the truth (1 Thes 5:21) Jamison |