[TruthTalk] All truth leads to Jesus.

[Judy Taylor]

From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Judy wrote: > They gave up their former way of life and thought > - in Pauls case he counted all of it dung.   Yet Paul continued to be a Pharisee.    jt: Not so ... after his conversion Paul was no longer the Pharisee of the Pharisees and one who persecuted the Church.    He did not forsake his foundation in Judaism, but instead God used his Pharisaical training to give us a significant contribution of the Holy Scriptures.    jt: Not so ... Paul spent up to 14yrs in the desert being retrained and when he returned to Jerusalem and checked his gospel with the other apostles he stated that he had not been taught by flesh and blood and his Pharisaical training would have been given by flesh and blood ie:   "I certify you brethren that the gospel which was preached of me IS NOT after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ" (Galatians 1:11,12)   A person can consider it all dung in the light of Christ, but that does not mean that it is a sin to study and learn.   jt: Please don't make what Bill calls a "straw man"  Noone is saying it's a sin to study and learn. The sin is in some of the attitudes here. It's a sin to allow the wrong kind of wisdom to pre empt Christ and when he loses pre eminence among those who claim to belong to Him - something is very wrong.   Judy wrote: > We are focused more on Polanyi than Jesus here > and the subject line is backward.  The person > of Jesus IS ALL Truth.   If Jesus IS ALL TRUTH, then all disciplines of study that lead to truth lead to Jesus Christ.  I think we have been more focused on this list on Judy than we have on Polanyi.    jt: First we must be able to discern between good and evil or we will be calling evil good and like Pilate asking "What is truth?" I have no philosophy  - no system of thought people spend hours and hours trying to interpret. Noone listens to me on MP3, DVD, and tape player - what would make you say such a thing?   Who was Polanyi but another brother in Christ?  Why would you want to make him any more or any less than that?   jt: I don't know about that DavidM so far I've not heard his testimony, have you? Does his great learning intimidate you or something?  Is ignorance bliss?   jt: Why am I not surprised to find myself among the ignorant ones on your sliding scale DavidM. Oh well! I've got lots of company; I'm so glad that God does not choose the wise and prudent.... he gives us all a level playing field.   judyt   "Man in his pomp is like the beasts that perish"