Short answer to your direct q. No, we can't. We can KNOW the truth (Christ in you the hope of glory) but all of our articulations of that (experienced) truth are approximations. Do you agree? Lance ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: March 25, 2004 13:48 Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Re:SYSTEMS
> Lance wrote: > > "God grant that your mental horizon may grow wider > > every day. Systems are only dear to those who cannot > > take the whole truth into their hands and who want > > to catch it by the tail. A system is like the tail > > of truth but truth is like a lizard. It will leave > > its tail in your hands and then escape you. It knows > > that within a very short time it will grow another." > > Ivan Turgenev > > In other words, we cannot know the truth? How does this wash with Jesus > saying, "If ye continue in my word... ye shall know the truth and the > truth shall make you free"? Isn't "continuing in my word" a system? > > Lance wrote: > > "What we realize is that behind this lies the whole > > temptation of the mind to control. But the nature of > > theology is that be receptive rather than controlling, > > open rather than grasping; a matter of delight rather > > than a matter of mastery. Grasping, controlling, and > > mastery are faster and seem surer. They are the shortcut > > to truth, but they produce a reduced vision of the truth. > > So always be suspicious of theological success." > > James Houston > > In other words, "except ye become as little children, ye shall not enter > into the kingdom of heaven"? :-) > > 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. ---------- "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.
