Lance wrote: > From/by/through God alone can God be known. It's not > conscience (there's no spark of the divine in HK) but > REVELATION that "converts" As with Paul so with each > one.
The idea of conscience being a candle of God, independent of culture, has much Biblical support. I'm going to wait until you define HK for me because I'm thinking that I must be misunderstanding you. It sounds like you are saying that men do not have a conscience until they have a revelation and are born again. It sounds like you are saying that men have no spark of the divine at all without being born again. Please tell me whether or not these are your assumptions. I could bring forth many passages to repudiate this idea, but I don't want to waste time on this if I am misunderstanding you. In case you are saying these things, to get us started, let me ask you to explain how you deal with a passage like John 8:9 which speaks about unregenerated men being convicted by their own conscience. So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. And they which heard it, BEING CONVICTED BY THEIR OWN CONSCIENCE, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. (John 8:7-9 KJV) Peace be with you. David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
