Re: [TruthTalk] Read it and weep!

[Terry Clifton]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good response.   I definitely see the point.   And I agree.   It is just that I do not believe that this help is something other than providential in nature.   There is a subjectivity to "providential."   I see this in the Giddeon story.    God is telling him thus and so andGiddeon asks for a sign (a wet and a dry fleece of wool)  rather than simply saying , "OK" ( in Hebrew, of course).  Giddeon was not sure that he was hearing the voice of God.   As it turns out, he was.   We might be fully convinced that we understand a given scripture, that such was given to us by the Lord and then, years later, realize that we were mistaken.   Understanding the role that the providential guidance of the Spirit plays in our lives allows us to make the necessary change.   Believing that the first idea is some kind of inspired interpretation prevents us from making that same change.   John You lost me my friend.  It is not that you are using lofty phrases, just terms with which I am not familiar. Could you explain subjectivity to provedential in terms a red neck could understand? Terry