Re: [TruthTalk] Albert Einstein & Karl Barth

[Terry Clifton]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If, by "inspiration,"  we mean to imply the providential working of God in the written message, well then,  I believe there to be a very considered opinion on the matter.  I further believe that this message does contain God's revelation on any number of issues.   But Satan giving instruction to Eve is surely not the "word of God."  We fail to see a difference between "inspiration" and "revelation" when the two are not the same at all.    Quite often, the two exist side by side.   On other occasions, however, the two are very differently expressed.  No more time  ........must find a bunker.  JD ========================================================================= John, it might help if you looked at it another way.  God's word contains the instructions that Satan gave to Eve.  God reported to us  what happened on that occasion so that we might understand. Satan's words were not holy and his actions were not approved by God, but they are there in God's word, for our benefit. Terry