[TruthTalk] Re:Language-Including "The Bible"

[Judy Taylor]

From: "Wm. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> jt wrote >  If they were kept in their place it would not be so bad, but when they are used as a grid through which to determine God's truth they become a problematic.   I reply >  Judy, Don't you get it? When we say, "Truth is a Person," we are already accepting, without reservations, the grid established by the very ones you see as being "problematic," the Nicene fathers. Get it?   jt: No Bill, you are the one who does not "get it" I am not quoting the Nicene fathers when I say that "Truth" is a person. I am quoting John 14:16. The words of Jesus Himself where he says "I Am the Truth"   They are the ones who invented the word "person" to express what their language could not otherwise say about the Godhead and Jesus Christ. That word spills down to us. We use it today to speak wonderful truths about the Word of God.   jt: I don't need the Nicene Fathers to spill wonderful truths ABOUT the Word of God down to me.  I have the Word of God and the promise to lead me into ALL truth. judyt   God allows the devil to raise up heretics to make his people study   ----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Taylor To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 7:35 AM Subject: [TruthTalk] Re:Language-Including "The Bible" From: "Wm. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I am not suggesting that anything other than Scripture is revelatory, neither are there other sources of truth comparable to the Bible. I am saying that true statements can come from sources other than the Bible.  "Truth is a Person" is a great little quote. The first time your hear it, it is pretty cool, because we are conditioned to think of truth in other categories. BUT the word "person" is not found in the Text, nor is there a Greek equivalent.   jt: The Greeks don't have all the answers ... Is it a PERSON who said: "I am the way, THE TRUTH, and the life?"   wt: So what do we do? Do we say it is an unbiblical idea?    jt: No...   wt: That's all that I'm asking. More than that, I am trying to get us to lighten up a bit on our criticisms about early Christianity and the language which came from their era. Bill Taylor    jt: If they were kept in their place it would not be so bad, but when they are used as a grid through which to determine God's truth they become a problematic.   judyt   God allows the devil to raise up heretics to make his people study   To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wm. Taylor wrote: , I don't have a problem with it myself, but I'm not all pruned up about this it-has-to-come-from-the-bible stuff. What about you who are? Is that a true and accurate statement concerning Jesus Christ?   Bill Taylor =============================================================== You lost me Bill. Where else?  Science, BoM,  politics, Rev. Moon?  Surely you do not mean there are other sources of truth comparable to the Bible. 'splaine yourself! Terry