----- Original Message ----- From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: July 13, 2005 09:14 Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] On playing chess & On reading/interpreting the Scriptures for living (not for 'A' living)
> Lance wrote: > > Certainly someone will point the importance of God's Spirit > > in the latter engagement.Thereafter, how many parallels might > > one draw? Vladimir Kramnik, current world chess chamption, > > has done interviews recently outlining his journey to the pinnacle > > of the chess world. Were we to give Bill Taylor some basic > > instruction in chess in preparation to play Kramnik in two months, > > would you 'bet the farm' (Bill has one) on Bill? Were we to give > > Vladmir a Bible and two months of instruction on reading/interpreting > > it then, pick two or three extended passages for discussion (say the > > Sermon on the Mount, Philippians 2 & Galatians 5), whose observations > > would more likely approximate 'writerly intent'? (Supplement this by > > suggesting that Kramnik was actually converted just before being given > > the Bible). Would the outcome likely differ? Not tryin' ta be clever > > TTers! > > Comments like this seem to illustrate a lack of understanding of how > powerful the Spirit works in our lives. It is almost like you confuse the > natural influence of agreement with Scripture with the revelatory power of > the Holy Spirit. > > Agreeing with Scripture brings a change in perspective that helps one accept > the truth of Scripture as he studies it, but this is not what the Scripture > is speaking about when it promises us the gift of the Holy Spirit. Let me > suggest another analogy to what you have posed above. > > Suppose Jesus Christ came down in the flesh, and he sat down and talked with > Vladmir for two months, every day, explaining to him the Sermon on the > Mount, Philippians 2, and Galatians 5. Then Vladmir and Bill Taylor sat > down to discuss these passages. Whose perspective would more likely > approximate the writer's intent? I would pick Vladmir. Who would you pick? > > 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. > ---------- "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.
