RE: [TruthTalk] The value of history

[Kevin Deegan]

This is the core of the problem, you are essentially a Mormon in sheeps clothing.

 

JN 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

 

JN 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

He will guide us into:  "THY WORD is TRUTH"
2 Peter 1 "We have also a more sure word of prophecy"

It is more sure than a Visual appearance of God Vs 16 (Eyewitnesses)

It is more sure than than hearing His voice Vs 18

You have it the other way around, and your experience is the guide.
David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

David Miller wrote:
> The truth is that history is a body of knowledge
> from which all of us interpret and understand truth,
> including truth found in the Bible.

Kevin wrote:
> I do not interpret the truth of the bible
> through the lense of history. I interpret
> history through the lens of TRUTH the HOLY BIBLE.

Well, this is where you miss it. Your implicit assumption here is that
the Bible is Truth and contains all truth that might be known by man.
You should be interpreting the Bible through the lens of Jesus Christ,
and Jesus Christ is found everywhere. He is the light that lighteth
every man who comes into the world, even those who have never read the
Bible. Jesus Christ is found in history as well as in the Bible.

Kevin wrote:
> Why should I go to a secondary source which
> is not INSPIRED or PRESERVED?

The Bible is not a primary source. Where did you get that idea? From
the Reformation idea of Sola Scriptura?

Read the Bible and see what it says. Who is the primary source of
truth, ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE? (Hint: John 16:13)

Truth is not the Bible. Read the Bible to learn this. The Bible speaks
of truth dwelling inside of us. The Bible cannot dwell inside of us.
Jesus dwells inside of us and His words dwell inside of us (the living
word not the written word) through a work of the Holy Spirit.

Hear the Bible speak about how truth dwells inside us and will be with
us forever:

The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the
truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; For
the truth's sake, WHICH DWELLETH IN US, and shall be with us for ever.
(2 John 1:1-2 KJV)

Look, the Bible is the highest authority of revelation among us. It is
so because of the testimony of HISTORY :-)>. But the Bible is not the primary source that Jesus spoke about
that would guide us into all truth. Do not replace the Holy Spirit with
the Bible. That is the error of many denominations, and the Baptists
especially! Believe the Bible and obey it and you will see that what I
say about the Bible is true.

Peace be with you.
David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida.

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