jt: Scripture interprets scripture John and your
'imagination' is what will get you and those influenced by
you into
trouble. All passages of scripture
are related (it is not 66 separate books); they were all
inspired by the same
Spirit and all point to the same Lord.
Understanding God's Word does not come by way
of Polyani, Newbegin,
C. Baxter Kruger, J.B. Torrance, or Lance.
Understanding comes from the Lord as we submit
ourselves to things
His way.
On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:06:20 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
In a message dated 12/22/2004 6:40:04 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
jt: It was the apostle Paul speaking of the resurrection who wrote "Now we see through a glass darkly but then we shall see face to face" (1 Cor 13:12) and later he wrote: "But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord (2 Cor 3:18). Then James referred to the glass when he wrote "If any be a hearer of the Word and not a doer he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass; for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was" So we learn that the "glass" is the perfect law of liberty. So in answer to your question Lance I would say that I have stopped listening to all the other voices and am intent upon looking into the glass and being a doer rather than a forgetful hearer.
Proof-texting at it's best. Why would anyone think to go outside the I Cor text itself? I can't imagine that the Paulinemeister was speaking of anything other than spiritual maturity. His illustration ("when I was a child .......") and the very Greek word (Yikes !!) itself go a long way. The notion that if one can make two unrelated passages "fit," revelatory truth has somehow come to light, is so foreign to me, even dangerous.
John
