Jt:Good to hear from you. As to David Miller
getting under my skin..well NO he does not.
(Candidly, prior to coming to see the
rationalist philosophy than serves a grid for all of his interpretation of
Scripture, he did)
Thoroughgoing rationalism is somewhat more
serious (dangerous) than my small contribution to TT.
As you have structured your comment (PLEASE NOT
HOW I AM MEANING THIS) the Spirit of God IS IMPOTENT.
You, Judy, and Linda have provided
illustrations of the (mis)handling of God's Word on numerous occasions.
Briefly:
1. David on sinless perfection
2. Judy on sin and sickness
3. Linda on her political
ideaology
jt: Could it be possible be that
you (Lance) lack understanding regarding the following:
1. Sanctification
2. The More Excellent Way or
physical healing through Christ
3. The basis for
Linda's political idealogy
From: "Lance Muir" <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
David
Miller's rephrasing of Judy's rhetorical question 'doesn't God's
Word
mean anything' certainly calls for a direct answer.
jt: Whew! DavidM has lit a fire under you
this morning Lance.. and BTW
He got my 'rhetorical question' right - but you
have rephrased it here
by leaving the "to you" off at the end. It
was "Doesn't God's Word mean
anything to you (Lance)"
Yes, God's Word(s) do mean ANYTHING. It is possible that, during my
'tenure'
at OCB, I've seen more examples of the ANYTHING that God's word(s)
MEAN to
fellow believers than you have seen in the context of your
life..
jt: And then you go on to examine and evaluate
every other "so called"
believer along with their beliefs and
traditions - what a big waste of time since
we are not called to
answer for them or to fix the whole
world.
I sometimes wonder if you realize just how much
unbelief is present in what
you contribute to TT Lance. If I (for one) am to
accept what you write then I
would have to agree with you that the Spirit of
God is impotent; because He
can not possibly
fulfill His ministry (to lead us into ALL
truth) to those in our
generation because "enlightenment
thinking" won't let Him.
This being so
relegates everyone outside of the teachings of certain
"wise"
ones to error and to being
totally incapable of receiving anything other than
some blind state of grace from God.
I may be wrong but at this point I think the
reason David Miller gets under
your skin so easily is
because you respect his academic record so he isn't as
easy to dismiss
as Izzy, myself, and Terry. So much for
community....
