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From: David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 18:56:24 -0400
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] God is a relational God: Father, Son, Spirit
JD wrote: > Here's "truth" -------------it passes through your > -----------------mind -------------------- and comes > out the other end as something less than what it was > when it went in. Get the picture. No exceptions. Baloney. I have brought this up before, but perhaps it is fitting to repeat it. Example of an infallible Truth: Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah.
Your illustration is something that we both would agree upon. But my Jesus is the Eternal Son
and yours is not. My Jesus is a unique incarnational being and yours is not (you, believing that we can be exactly like Him in terms life and living). See my point? It is a personal truth,
full of passion, but it is a point of faith. Faith is not a rational consideration of whatever.In fact, it is irrational -- because it exists without proof. Evidence, yes. Proof, no. --
just like any postulated consideration.
This is truth. It enters my mind and it does not come out something less than it was when it went in. Does this truth get twisted by your mind after it enters it? See above. JD wrote: > When we think to know something, we > do not yet know it as we ought. Aw, but this proverb speaks to something else. It speaks to added revelation and illumination. It does not address someone losing part of the truth after having once heard it, nor does it speak about truth becoming distorted and perverted when it enters our minds. It speaks to someone receiving a more full knowledge and understanding. Yes, we all grow in this, but this does not subtract from what we have already received. It adds to it. Get the picture? this paragraph is a problem for you. I Co 8:2-3 speaks of
incomplete knowledge whether because we do not know enough or because our understanding is wrong.
That is the thrust of the supporting and subsequent verses in this chapter. The brother in this passage
thinks there is more than one God. Wrong. But he is right because of the relational
consideration mentioned in verse 3. 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.
