Sent: November 02, 2004 18:25
Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Grammar &
Worldview vs. The Spirit
When
you speak to me and when I speak to you, we speak different languages. I'm
sure you've noticed. No matter how I try to explain things, you take it the
worst possible way. I do pray it is not on purpose. Let me try to explain some
things to you. I want you to listen to the words and understand that what you
are reading is to be taken 100% literal. There are no hidden messages and no
spiritual connotations. Ok?
When
I speak of the Jewish people as putting more trust in the "oral tradition"
than the "literary tradition" I mean this: Scripture was memorized and recited
whenever the opportunity arose. They discussed Torah and the Prophets
constantly... and all from memory. If anyone made a mistake in recitation, the
fathers, grandfathers, and great grandfathers would correct any nuance of
error, forcing the children and grandchildren to memorize the text
perfectly.
The
Eastern mindset believes that if someone sits and merely copies the words from
one page to another, error will creep in (skipping letters, words, lines,
etc.). Not only that, but merely copying words and letters will not cause
Scripture to sink into the heart of the person. Remember the Hebrew mindset
insists that "HEARING is believing..." not SEEING.
Now,
the "Tradition [that] made
God's Word of no effect" you speak of is out of context... I think (I can't tell half the
time because we speak so differently). Please go back and read Matthew
15:1-9 to determine how a tradition-of-man voids the tradition-of-God. And
with this Biblical definition, not all traditions-of-men fall into this
vicious category (for you have heard it said, "These things you should
do...without forgetting the weightier things of Torah").
By
splitting head and heart into two different things, you and I, as usual, are
"into a whole other
thing." You split and divide what I cannot. What you speak of, I think,
is what I would call legalism... keeping the commandments in order to attain
Eternal Life... the commandments have not penetrated from the outside to the
inside. IF we keep the commandments because of our love and gratitude to God,
the commandments have penetrated from the outside to the inside, and the
Ezekiel 36 prophesy comes true and we enter the Kingdom of
God.
God DID tell Moshe to memorize and recite:
Deuteronomy 6:4-12. Disregard it anyway you like, but it's there. If it's
inside and written on the inward parts (heart AND head), it's life changing.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it. I can't split the two
apart.
-- slade
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Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Grammar &
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