RE: Why is faith important?
February 28, 2013 at 3:55 pm
(This post was last modified: February 28, 2013 at 4:09 pm by ronedee.)
(February 28, 2013 at 12:57 pm)EGross Wrote: So you are saying that you trust your own judement and ability to reason to know what is true, and that truth is based on previous decisions of what is truth.
So what you are admitting is that the divine truth of the holy spirit is really your own judgement and reason expressing into this reality.
In short, you are the source of your own truth.
No, the Holy Spirits inspiration... and using Jesus' Words as dicernment.
Jesus is our measuring device.
(February 28, 2013 at 1:33 pm)EGross Wrote: And God told Moses: "Do not eat the following foods..."
And Jesus said "Do not think that I have come to destroy the Law..."
Obviously Christianity was a bit of a do-over and all of the old stuff is moot...
...Unless they like the old bits, like gay is bad and death penalty is good and other fun things!
Unless Ronedee also considers the OT valid, which is fine. Or cancelled, which is also fine. But a bit of this and a bit of that? And who gets to decide? Certainly not the Holy Spirit who will say "You leave me out of this!"
Lets get it right!
And Jesus said "Do not think that I have come to destroy the Law...[or the writings of the prophets, but to fulfill them"
ful·fill
/fo͝olˈfil/Verb
1.Bring to completion or reality; achieve or realize (something desired, promised, or predicted)................"completion" being key here!
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Jesus (also) answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the *mouth of God.'"
*see ten commandments
Think whatever you want boys, but God hasn't really weighed in on anything "first hand" since that tablet was carved!
Do I believe God has inspired the words in the bible? Yes. But men were involved....and you know how I feel about that!
Quis ut Deus?
