Re: [TruthTalk] Is the day in Genesis literal or figurative?

[knpraise]

Romans 14 is not a discussion of how to treat the weak brother TO THE EXCLUSION OF DIVERSITY.   The problem in Romans 14 is clearly that of diversity.  The principle used to deal with doctrinal diversity is stated in 14:4 and is the only way unity within the fellowship can exist.   Answer this question, Judy.  
At the end of the day,  do the four brothers in Romans 14 speak and and say the same thing?   If not, why is that picture not one   of manifest diversity? 

 

Secondly,  with regard to Acts 15,  at the end of the day,   are the Jewish Christian practicing the very same things as is required of the Gentile Church in the letter from the Council  ?  If not, why is that not a picture of manifest diversity? 

 

jd

 

 

On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:30:49 +0000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

You don't see it ianywhere in scripture??? 

Try reading Romans 14. 

Or look to the solutions offered in Acts 15.  

Unity in diversity is the very theme of those passages.  jd

 

Only if you are intent on reading it into these passages JD

Romans 14 speaks of how to treat those weak in the faith; I don't see any "diversity" there; unity

is something they will grow into as they grow in faith, it is still the faith once delivered to the saints.

Acts 15 does not address "diversity" either, in fact the instruction is only about sin that would cause

them to stumble as they grown. Interesting that they didn't send them a book of rules. However, this

is not so they could "do their own thing" - Note: "It seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us" so

they are to be under the tutelage of the Holy Spirit.

 

The goal is for all "to come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto

a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ" (Eph 4:13)