David Miller wrote: > The term "sola fide" means "faith alone." > When Luther translated the Bible, he did > something very much like what the Jehovah's > Witnesses did with John 1:1. The JW's created > a translation that added a word to the verse, > so that John 1:1 says that the Word was "a god" > rather than just saying the Word was "God." > Luther created a translation that ADDED the > word "sola" (alone) to Romans 3:28, so that > the passage would read that man is justified > by "faith alone" (sola fide). He felt that > the context justified his insertion of this > extra word.
Glenn wrote: > You have attacked the messenger, and you have > not refuted salvation by grace through faith, > plus nothing, minus nothing. I have not attacked the messenger. Luther was being quoted as an authority, and I was giving reason why he is not a very good authority on this particular subject (from my perspective). A lot of people have respect for Martin Luther because of the tremendous role he played in the Reformation. However, most people just know him as a famous historical name and are not really all that knowledgeable about him. Did you know the facts that I shared about Martin Luther? If you did know all those facts, don't assume everyone on TruthTalk does. Perhaps I should take a poll and ask if there is anyone on TruthTalk who did not know all the facts that I shared about Martin Luther and his sacred cow "sola fide." How many people on TruthTalk knew that Luther rejected the book of James as not part of the Bible, urged people to burn it because it contradicted his "sola fide" doctrine, and that he added words to Paul's writings in order to further his "sola fide" doctrine? If I wanted to attack the man, I could have characterized Luther as a beer guzzling German who went to the bars on a nightly basis and drank beers with the guys instead of standing outside on the sidewalk and preaching against immorality. Perhaps I might have called him names like "hard headed" or that he is just like the Church of Christ or that he sounded like a Pharisee, or a host of other epithets that you hurl around here toward others. Glenn, you play the hypocrite and you seem to be the only one who can't see it. Everything you accuse others of, you are guilty of yourself. You accuse me of attacking Luther's character because that's what you do around here. You accuse me and others of judging the motives of others, but you do it all the time. Now I am like Marlin in that I don't care to defend myself, and I'm sure in your eyes that makes me guilty just as you have judged Marlin guilty for his silence. I remember Jesus was judged guilty because he was silent also. Do you think that was just? What you don't seem to understand is that while you were off the list, I was attempting to argue your position to the others concerning the Sabbath. I was attempting to discuss the Sabbath from a Biblical perspective. Now you have thrown the list into turmoil and made it very difficult to carry on meaningful conversations. You and I agree on so many issues, yet you carry on as if we are doctrinal enemies. For the sake of the list, I'm going to ask you Glenn to limit your posts to two posts per day for one week. Are you willing to do this on a voluntary basis? I think if you limited your posts to two a day, perhaps instead of just lashing out insults at people, you might try to argue your position from wisdom rather than by the quantity of posts you are able to produce. The problem is that we spend so much time reading your posts and being distracted by what we think you might be saying that we have no time to have meaningful discussions. So can this work? Are you willing to work with me on this? 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.
