Izzy in red below:
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Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Read it
and weep!
In a message dated 10/5/2004 6:22:50 PM Pacific Daylight
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Why then the Bible?
John
Because it was written by the Holy Spirit?Terry
Of course I believe the Spirit had a role in giving us the Bible.
That is not the point.
If we have a Spirit that tells us what we need to know, why do we need
the bible? Look at what is being said. It is like
me writing a letter of instruction to my children on what to do with the house
when the wife and I are on vacation and then telling them, "if you have a
problem with the letter, don't worry, I will calling you several times a day
and making it clear as to what I want done." There is no point in my
writing the letter if I am going to suerintend their handling of the
letter. Not to mention that this teaching results in the believer
having to say that his/her interpretation is right because it is
inspirited.
John
John, You will have to ask God why He gave
us both the Bible and the Holy Spirit to understand it, but He obviously
thought we needed both. Don’t you? I can’t believe you even
asked the question. So are you now thinking that one or the other is not
necessary? Have the liberal theologians convinced you that the Bible is not
really pertinent, or the Holy Spirit’s understanding? Do you think that
those who do not have the Holy Spirit’s indwelling can understand the
Bible? Are you sure you are born again and have received the Holy Spirit?
If so, I do not understand the question—please explain precisely what
confuses you. Izzy PS Please read the verses below seriously.
I Cor 2: 1 And
when I came to you, brethren, I (1)
did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you (2)
the [1]
testimony of God.
2 For I determined to know nothing among you except
(3)
Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.
3 I was with you in (4)
weakness and in (5)
fear and in much trembling,
4 and my message and my preaching were (6)
not in persuasive words of wisdom, but
in demonstration of (7) the Spirit and of
power,
5 so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom
of men, but on (8) the power of God.
6 Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are (9)
mature; a wisdom, however, not of (10)
this age nor of the rulers of (11)
this age, who are (12)
passing away;
7 but we
speak God's wisdom in a (13) mystery, the
hidden wisdom which God (14)
predestined before the (15)
ages to our glory;
8 the wisdom (16)
which none of the rulers of (17)
this age has understood; for if they had understood it they would not have crucified
(18)
the Lord of glory;
9 but just as it is written,
"(19)
THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD,
AND which HAVE NOT
ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN,
ALL THAT GOD HAS
PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM."
10 [2]
(20)
For to us God revealed them (21) through the
Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the (22)
depths of God.
11 For who among men knows the thoughts of a man
except the (23)
spirit of the man which is in him? Even
so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God.
12 Now we (24) have received,
not the spirit of (25) the world, but
the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us
by God,
13 which things we also speak, (26)
not in words taught by human wisdom,
but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts
with spiritual words.
14 But a (27) natural man (28) does not accept
the things of the Spirit of God, for they are (29) foolishness to
him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.
15 But he who is (30)
spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one.
16 For (31)
WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM? But (32) we have the mind
of Christ.
