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This is called "winning an argument through
absurdity." I merely pointed out that Paul often uses literary devices and he
said, "I say, not the Lord."
Explain why Paul uses the term, "I SAY, AND
NOT THE LORD." This is the point I was making.
Since I seem to have a twisted view of
Scripture and I take Paul for what Paul said, I need someone to interpret I SAY
AND NOT THE LORD for me.
shalom
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Sent: Tuesday, 27 May, 2003 10:10
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Absent From The Body
Perry I agree with what you said to
Slade. We can't discount the inspiration of the Holy Spirit either in
the Word or in our individual interpretation. Laura
So what you are saying, Slade, is that unless Paul attributes
the words to
Jesus, he could be just blowing smoke and we are not to
believe what he
says. So, I assume this is true for the rest of the
bible authorss as well.
So, since only a portion of the Bible actually
falls under the "Thus saith
the Lord" category, we can effectively
discount the rest.
Paul does not speak as an idle bystander...he was
taught by the apostles,
probably is the one who was "taken up to the
third heaven", and most likely
was even instructed by the Lord Himself.
Yet you say that we cannot believe
him? I guess we'll just have to edit
the Bible and throw out those parts
that the Lord did not speak
directly, because I was taught that the
scripture was an inspired text,
and that although the writers wrote in their
own styles, that the
content was inspired by the Holy Spirit. Now you are
saying Paul was
free to throw in his own ideas and thoughts, which were not
inspired. I
suppose now that most of the doctrinal writings of Paul, as in
Romans,
and to the churches in Asia must be thrown out, too, because most of
those works do not quote Christ directly. Likewise, I guess the churches
receiving the letters were free to decide whether they liked Paul's
ideas
and whether or not they wanted to follow his doctrinal
teachings.
Wow, if this is so, I guess I will have to go back and
re-read the Bible and
discount anything Paul said unless he attributes
it directly to Jesus.
Is this how you apply Paul's
teaching?
Perry
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