Amen, Terry! You are partly correct.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Clifton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: April 24, 2005 11:24 Subject: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [TruthTalk] More wisdom from Dallas Willard > Lance Muir wrote: > > >DM speaks of 'this false concept that I (I believe I'm not alone on TT > >regarding this) have that humans sin daily.' DM refers to this as a 'lie of > >Satan' and, he offers an interesting (the Incarnation!!) explanation in > >support of it.. > > > >A couple of things occur to me: > > > >1. In what capacity (office) do you speak on this matter? Do you address us > >as an ordinary believer, like the others, who is offering his own > >interpretation and, may therefore be incorrect? Do you address us as someone > >'knowing the mind of God' on this matter, with no possibility whatsoever of > >misrepresenting Him, at least on this issue? > > > >======================================================================== > > > > > You are starting with a false premise, Lance, and therefore you can > never reach a correct conclusion. We common Christians are not a > bumbling group of village idiots that are half right half the time. We > are people who can know the mind of God as the Holy Spirit reveals this > information to us. We are human, and when we get ahead of the Spirit we > can err, but on the whole, we can know with great certainty much more > that that for which you give us credit. Using your standards, we could > not even be certain of the virgin birth. > > We have God's word. There are mysteries in that book that none of us > understand, but there is also much that was meant to be easily > understood, not by scientific examination, but by revelation, the > outpouring of the Holy Spirit. We do not need a hundred authors. We do > not need to be clairvoyant. We just need to know our master, and listen > to what He has recorded for us. God, speaking, not through an > authority or an expert, a priest or an author, but One on one. > > The veil has been torn. We have access to the throne. Put down your > book, find a quiet place, and hear from Him. You will be amazed at what > He will allow you to know. Seek first............. > > Terry > > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
