Lance wrote: > There are a variety of understandings for Satan in Job, the > serpent in Genesis, the Nephilim in Genesis and on and on ... > Why it is that some balk at my little formula continues to puzzle > me when, IMO, all TT participants demonstrate it's accuracy > regularly. (Text + believer + Spirit + tradition (optional) = > theological Babel)
I don't have any problem with you recognizing that TruthTalk demonstrates the existence of theological Babel. What I have a problem with is your perspective that true believers will demonstrate theological Babel. TruthTalk is made up of more than just true believers, so you should not interpret what happens here as demonstrative of what happens among true believers. For believers within the ekklesia, the formula goes more along the lines of: (text + believer + Spirit + good tradition - bad tradition = sound doctrine) Rather than theological Babel, true believers walk in the following truth: "Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment." (1 Corinthians 1:10) This too can be observed on TruthTalk, but you have to separate the sheep from the goats. Juxtapose the following passage with your theological Babel formula: Zephaniah 3:9 (9) For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. Many of us rejoice in this good news of the kingdom, but you seem to want to rob us of this promise with your theological Babel philosophy. If you look at what I have written here real hard, and you love the Word of God, you might be able to see what I am saying. Otherwise, "let him who is ignorant, be ignorant still." Peace be with you. David Miller. ---------- "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.
