----- Original Message -----
Sent: April 02, 2004 07:40
Subject: [TruthTalk] Appeal to Scripture
Parts One and Two
From: "Lance Muir"
"No more than a pretext to put
forth erroneous ideas.
Appeal must be made beyond all
Biblical, all ecclesiastical citations to the Truth of God
Himself.
For that (He)
is the supreme authority to which (whom) all must submit and all must
rely.
Ultimately it is by reference to
That truth that judgement must be passed upon the truth and error of
our interpretations or
formalizations (dogma/doctrine/beliefs growing out of Scripture
itself).
jt: As Pilate said "What is Truth?" First we must
define it and then recognize it when we find it.
Can we agree that Jesus is the person you refer
to above? and that Jesus is the "supreme authority"
and that He is the one who judges between "truth
and error?" Where do we find His Truth then?
Where do we learn from Him?
From: "Lance Muir"
Denotative vs Connotative.
What is primary is NOT the syntactical comparison
of Scripture with Scripture but
the semantic or the
denotative reference..beyond to God Himself.
This is how we TEST THE INTERPRETATION OR
DOCTRINAL FORMULATION
by tracing back our thought to its source in the
reality known. Or, otherwise put:
We refer everything to God and nothing to
ourselves.
We have to let ourselves be so radically called
into question as to be stripped of
all our presuppositions and
prejudgements.
IT IS IN THIS ULTIMATE TRUTH OF GOD THAT
AUTHORITY RESIDES
AND NOT IN THOSE WHO INTERPRET IT NOR IN ANY SET
OF
RULES OR METHODS OR DOCTRINES THAT WE MAY BRING
TO
OUR INTERPRETATION OR FORMULATION.
The truth itself anf not any formulation of the
church's understanding is
the criterion of true knowledge. More if anyone's
interested Blessings, Lance
jt:
What if we read and study the KJV Bible which
uses 8,000 words and is on a
10th grade level which is easy to understand? Why
would semantics even be an issue?
SO THE HOLY SPIRIT DID NOT INSPIRE ANY OF OF
GOD'S PROPHETS?
FOLK - BELIEVE THAT AT YOUR OWN PERIL
.....
I never listen to
Discouragers. They are never Holy Spirit inspired.
Izzy
