RE: How can a Christian reject part of the Bible and still call themselves a Christian?
October 6, 2016 at 5:57 pm
(October 6, 2016 at 5:24 pm)Rhythm Wrote: You just told us....that the call to seek (or sincerely seek, or whatever qualifier you're going to add next) comes from the ghost. So how is anyone supposed to seek the ghost, that needs to call them for them to seek...and without whom a proper reading can;t be had? You need to understand that the way -you're- describing it, it's all on the ghost. There;s no sense in shifting responsibility (or blaim) for all of this shit you've claimed for the ghost on a man..just because you can;t fathom it not having shown up when the proper rites and incantations were muttered.
The Spirit is calling you. If you are seeking the truth you will respond to the call and read the bible. If you are truly seeking the truth it will be revealed to through the scriptures by the Spirit.
Quote:Does it matter, so long as it leads to jesus....? You -just- told us that the bible was not authoritative in and of itself....how do you extract truth from something that isn't authoritative?
The bible receives it's authority from God who reveals it to us through the Spirit.
Quote:But you did say, in fact you said so many things that all of them can't be simultaneously true. Do your beliefs have the ability to alter truth, or make contradictory statements true? Or is it just that no amount of contradictory statements is a problem so long as they all end in jesus? In any case, do you think it's wise to hinge your belief system on an ungenerous assumption regarding anyone and everyone who's read the bible and -hasn't- met a ghost?
There is only one truth. We may all have different opinions about what verses in the bible mean, but if we have Jesus we have what the bible is directing us to, and he is truth. If I have Jesus, it doesn't matter a whole lot if I believe that I should worship on Saturday or Sunday. The truth in that matter is probably that it doesn't matter what day I worship, but there is a truth to everything. If we have Jesus, we may not know the truth about every statement in the bible, but we have salvation, which is what the bible is pointing us to.
Quote:"My claims are true, and the only reason that they didn't pan out for everyone they didn;t pan out for.... is because those people are all close minded, insincere non-seekers". Really? Meh, fine, if you believe it, you believe it..but at least clean up your batshit claims so that they -could be- true...if you're going to go the full asshole route.
Okay.
