RE: Four questions for Christians
June 22, 2013 at 1:48 am
(This post was last modified: June 22, 2013 at 1:49 am by Consilius.)
This is my opinion.
God is not appearing on toast and having conversations with people today, nor is he in visions. However, God is an orderly being not restricted by his own laws, but choosing to work within his own laws having promised us so. The moral code is not subject to change.
Therefore, I will judge an alleged prophet like this: if the Pope says that we should go back to slavery, God didn't speak to him. A roadside hippie, whether or not he has recieved the revelation he claimed, is, if not a prophet, behaving like one if he tells us to support the poor.
And no, whatever miracles he performs mean nothing. Even the Pharisees knew that much (Matthew 12:22-24).
Therefore, it's good because God said so AND God said so because it is good.
God is not appearing on toast and having conversations with people today, nor is he in visions. However, God is an orderly being not restricted by his own laws, but choosing to work within his own laws having promised us so. The moral code is not subject to change.
Therefore, I will judge an alleged prophet like this: if the Pope says that we should go back to slavery, God didn't speak to him. A roadside hippie, whether or not he has recieved the revelation he claimed, is, if not a prophet, behaving like one if he tells us to support the poor.
And no, whatever miracles he performs mean nothing. Even the Pharisees knew that much (Matthew 12:22-24).
Therefore, it's good because God said so AND God said so because it is good.
