John wrote: > ... my level of confidence is as great or greater > than yours at any time and on any biblical issue.
Such a comment tells me that you still don't understand me concerning how revelation and interpretation are not mutually exclusive events. I do not have the same level of confidence on ANY Biblical issue, so it is impossible for you to assert that you have the same level of confidence or greater concerning ANY Biblical issue. I am certainly not so arrogant as to presume that my level of confidence concerning any Biblical issue is as great or greater than yours. In fact, I suspect that I am not as confident as you on probably most Biblical issues. JD wrote: > ... Your problem is this -- your theology > has no answer for my stated belief My theology has a lot of answers for your stated belief, but you are not hearing me nor believing me on even the introductory aspects of such answers. As the old saying goes, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. JD wrote: > nor does it have room for the same degree of confidence > as you from one who disagrees with your conclusions. On the contrary, many people who disagree with my interpretations can have a lot more confidence than me. What I object to is not a level of confidence in one's interpretation, but to one attributing their opinions to the Holy Spirit when they have received no such revelation. Our opinions and interpretations should be separated from those things revealed to us by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit never reveals something to us that is false, so it is very wrong to say that our viewpoint might be wrong in one breath, then in the next breath claim that the Holy Spirit revealed it to us. You should not be trying to convince everyone that the opinions of everyone are subject to error and then in the next breath claim that some opinions come from the Holy Spirit. Such cannot be true without impugning the Holy Spirit and making him the revealer of opinions that are fallacious. JD wrote: > You have no answers, David and it is just now starting > to settle home ................ so you are left with warnings > and rebukings. Thee is nowhere else to go. You misunderstand my reasons for warning you about blasphemy. It is one thing to drag me into the mud in your wrangling over words. It is quite another thing to pull the Holy Spirit into this fray. Let us show respect and honor for the Holy Spirit. 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.
