Re: [TruthTalk] Re [Truth Talk] Saved -- Salvation -- and the pigpen

[Debbie Sawczak]

Maybe, then, Judy, we needn't even bother to read the Bible in our own language. We could "read" it in Inuktitut and the Holy Spirit could just siphon the content into our brains without ANY of the normal means of linguistic processing.   The point being (as laid out in an earlier post) that making use of context is something we all do every day in understanding anything we hear or read. But in this case, we are so far away from the context (Jesus' hearers weren't) that we have to make a conscious effort to go after it. Of course it will STILL be necessary for the Holy Spirit to enlighten and enliven us, as it was for Jesus' hearers back then; but why would he expect us to deliberately short-circuit the normal process of understanding language?   Debbie      ----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Taylor To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Cc: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 9:26 AM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Re [Truth Talk] Saved -- Salvation -- and the pigpen     On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:48:33 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Do you use biblcial, historical and cultural context to help understand the meaning of words? Or do you see that as a devise of the uninspired?   JD   I don't see Jesus leaving any admonition about history, culture, and  Word Studies in order to understand the meaning of His Word.  He sent the Holy Spirit to give us understanding.  I don't know what Kevin's response will be but I see the above qualifiers as an excuse to make the Word of God say what you want it to and conform it to strange and different doctrines rather than receive the "faith once delivered to the saints".  jt In a message dated 4/14/2005 4:36:24 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does the "context" of your writings demand that we REDFINE your words also?