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Actually ignorance is a form of knowledge
........
And since God's Word is the wisdom that comes
from above and you are the one with the human
theological mediators ... I would say your observation is more true for you
Lance.
Ignorance, thy name is Judy!
You say the words Lance but your actions say you
are a double-minded man. If you believed in the
authority of
God's Word then it would be impossible for you ATST
to endorse Barth/Torrance, and other post modern humanistic
theologians.
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.
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)
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)
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