On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 01:49:17 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Everyone has a
hermeneutic. For some, it is logical; for others it is
emotional. I thought we were talking about scripture,
doctrine, truth ------------ that sort of
thing. Not the establishment of authority or the enactment of discipline. I do not have time to go
through scripture and find all the single statements, the single acts of God in
creation. Do you believe that God spoke to Paul but it was heard as
thunder -- a story told only once. JD
jt: Not everyone JD. For some
others it is understanding that comes by
way of the Holy Spirit and it does not need a Greek label. We are talking
about scripture, doctrine, and truth. If you don't find the same concept
in more than one place then it is material for the shelf and it has to do with
what comes out of the mouths of people rather than "acts of God" I have
no reason to disbelieve what happened to Paul; there is also just one
burning bush and I believe that too. In fact I have no problem with
scripture at all but it has been put together over a long period of time by
many different authors. My mother always told me that a liar must have a
good memory - maybe this is in God's
Word as a safeguard. jt
In a message dated 3/3/2005 10:21:15 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
JD, I don't bind God to anything - after all it's His Word I study but once again it appears to be
"different strokes for different folks" You seem to respect "hermeneutics" and all that so go for it.
The scriptures I cite below apparently don't mean anything to you However when Paul writes
"This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall
every word be established" he speaks of a spiritual principal familiar to those who know God, His
Word, and His ways.
When Jesus tells the Jews "It is also written in your law that the testimony of two men is true.
I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me bears witness of me"
He is speaking of the same principle. Since you are so disinterested I won't quote the others.
So it's good enough for Moses, Jesus, and Paul - but JD rejects it because it does not line up with
hermeneutical rules. Jesus - God the Word says "If you abide in Me and My words abide in you"
He said nothing about having the right hermeneutical rules to qualify. Why do you put this yoke on
others JD?
