To begin with the author is not a
man Bill
My apologies to men.
Who is the master
of sarcasim???
<SNIP> Yet you and your
scholarly friends (most especially Lance) make the
claim that an ordinary person (a plain old vanilla Christian
ignorant of Greek) can not know God's Word for one reason or another - the
corrupted transcripts being one ... reformation
thinking being another ...
This is not true, Judy. I have not made this claim, nor
does Lance make it.
Where have you been Bill? I didn't just pull
this out of a hat. Lance has been making this claim so long as I have known
him on this list. Your claim
might not be the same as his but your confidence is in your doctrine rather
than God's Word.
I do think there is a paramont role within the Church
for teachers -- trained, mature leaders who are gifted with the ability
to disciple "vanilla" learners.
Hmmm .. and I think one of the greatest
problems in the present day professing Church is that of "teachers" Seminary
trained so called leaders who have never been born again and so do not know
the way themselves and hinder others who seek to find it.
Did God in His foreknowledge miss
this one?? No.
<SNIP> Using Gk grammar to make everything future is what
the author of what you call "the polemic" was speaking of.
Your sarcasm is noted, Judy,
Actually it was not sarcasm Bill. I have no
idea what the word means and didn't have time to look it up. ATST I didn't
want to put my words in your
mouth.
but I am not making "everything future." I am
saying that the "to be" verb in this particular verse as recorded in
the TR text is in the future tense and indicative mood.
Which conveniently aligns the words of Jesus
in Matt 5:48 with doctrines that teach that noone can be holy or perfect even
in Christ until the last trump when they will be miraculously changed in the
twinkling of an eye (or something like that). What about all the times
God tells men to be holy and perfect under the old Covenant - you can find
them in Leviticus, Genesis 17:1 and other places; should we look for a future
tenses and indicative moods in the Hebrew for them as
well?
judyt
He that says "I know Him" and doesn't keep His
Commandments
is a liar (1 John
2:4)
