|
Judy: I ,Myownself believe in the AUTHORITY OF
GOD'S WORD. I DO NOT, HOWEVER, BELIEVE THAT THE SIMPLE CITATION OF SCRIPTRE BY
YOU OR, BY ANYONE OF THEIR CHOOSING ALWAYS SETTLES THE 'MATTER AT HAND'. IF
Y'ALL DO THEN, MORE POWER TO YA.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: December 14, 2005 09:50
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Beams and
Motes
Lance, I honestly do not know what you see or what
you believe other than the theologians
you approve and a list of other professing
Christians who are orthodox and see things similarly.
As for David, Kevin, Izzy, Terry, Dean et al.
We may not get every detail exact but so far as I can
tell we do agree about what is important - and that is the authority
of God's Word.
God can always speak through His Word and it does not
return void. On the other matter, as you already know, you, David and I see
things somewhat differently. It may indeed be due to my own poor
communication skills.
I don't agree but
then I'm sure this is no news to you.
When I cite scripture - you either receive it by
faith as God's Word or you read it as a dead letter
depending on what you have going on in your own
heart. Truth is apprehended by faith whereas
IMO you are more attuned to human
reason.
YOUR OPINIONS re: the MEANING OF THE SCRIPTURES YOU
CITE ARE WHAT, IMO, I AND OTHERS
READ MOST OF THE TIME. I can live with that. Can
you?
This list is called Truth Talk Lance. It is
not all about your opinions or me.
Let me attempt something, Judy. WITH WHAT
FREQUENCY THEN, DO YOU EXHIBIT THIS 'TRUE HIMILITY'?
True humility Lance is saying what God
says about a situation or subject; personal opinion,
even
while grovelling while saying it is
inverted pride. When a preacher gets out there with a
megaphone
and accurately speaks the oracles of God
.. that is true humility. Or of one speaks them to a friend
in
private - this is also laying down their
own life. Because God's Word is that around which the
battle
rages.
There are two on TT who regularly write
reflecting humility. I'm suspect of one of them but, that's
because I don't, perhaps.
I see. Is
this then the sin of the parents, or the world, or the parson
with low esteem?
How would this condition add to or
subtract from one's ability to do what Jesus suggests in the
sermon on the mount? I am too lazy to look it up but it
seems to me that He came to town meek and lowly, riding on a
colt. Possibly as an example to us?
To be quite
honest, I do not see low esteem as a problem on TT. Do
you?
Terry
Judy Taylor wrote:
Self rejection happens when
children are either rejected by parents or have overly
critical parents. When
one is raised in an unloving
atmosphere they tend to accept the lie that this is because
they are unlovable making
it difficult to understand or
receive the love of God.
The world adds to the problem with
unrealistic standards especially in the area of
perfection and body image -
thinness for women and Gk
perfection for men and too many times this becomes
a graven image or idol and
people reject themselves when they
don't measure up rather than giving thanks for being fearfully and wonderfully
made.
Could you explain what you mean by self
rejection?
Judy Taylor wrote:
Hi Terry,
I don't know that any of us
would say that they are "self satisfied" in fact not
even Paul himself said that.
What he did say is that he
didn't know of any sin but that did not mean he was
justified completely before
the Lord. I would say the
same. At this point in my walk I see self
rejection just as sinful as the
ignorance
that comes with pride... either
way it is all self, self, self, self.
judyt
judyt
He that says "I know Him" and doesn't keep His
Commandments
is a liar (1 John 2:4)
judyt
He that says "I know Him" and doesn't keep His
Commandments
is a liar (1 John 2:4)
judyt
He that says "I know Him" and doesn't keep His
Commandments
is a liar (1 John 2:4)
judyt
He that says "I know Him" and doesn't keep His
Commandments
is a liar (1 John 2:4)
judyt
He that says "I know Him" and doesn't keep His
Commandments
is a liar (1 John 2:4)
|
