Posted on 03/02/2016 3:15:04 PM PST by marshmallow
The Lord preserves His Word. It’s certainly not a human work. The Bible is amazing in that it’s self-authenticating. The more you read, the more you see and understand. I’m thankful I’ve been given eyes to see.
My only real takeaway is that it can’t be 100% correct all the time because of ingredients like this ...
Deuteronomy 21:18 - 21:21
I think you expressed that very well MDO.
NO!
I refuse to receive Holy Communion from a woman, and I sure don’t want one delivering a homily.
Thank you.
Women can preach the Gospel all they want, just not from the pulpit.
That was the law, so of course it’s correct. You may not like it, and I don’t care for it either, but for that nation and that period of time, the law had a very specific purpose. It was intended to ultimately drive them to Christ. The law demands absolute perfection, which is impossible. God’s law shows us our utter inability to save ourselves and our need for Christ. Unlike men, Christ kept every jot and tittle of the law perfectly. Most don’t seem to understand this, but His lifetime of active obedience to the law was just as necessary as His death on the cross to secure salvation for His people.
All the best, FRiend. I’ll pray for you.
Well said! Thank you.
>Well, I believe the Bible. Sorry you don’t.
I believe much of it.
Lol! Yep, you're a typical Catholic, all right!
I notice you're at least consistent. Most Catholics just throw out Genesis (and Esther, and Daniel, and Jonah) and insist on everything else. Looks like you're willing to toss it all.
You're also totally ignorant about Torah law, unfortunately.
I'm as flummoxed by soycd as you are, but I'm afraid the above statement is wrong.
Only G-d Himself is self-authenticating. The Bible can only be believed because G-d has vouched for it.
It’s self-authenticating in that the Lord authenticates it to those whom He is saving. Only He can give us understanding. John 6:45 teaches that all those being saved are “taught of God.”
>You’re also totally ignorant about Torah law, unfortunately.
I have not dug too deep into it but I’m sure it has its own flaws. For suggestions to become law, one must submit to their accuracy and good intent.
>I refuse to receive Holy Communion from a woman, and I sure don’t want one delivering a homily.
That’s your choice. Some men won’t sit next to a woman on an airplane and will make a big stink and get thrown off the plane too. Nobody human is perfect.
For some, as long as a woman delivers a baby, that’s all that matters to them.
No it isn't, though Protestants have to insist that it is. And the radical Protestant notion that G-d individually teaches each "saved" person is perfect in theory but absolutely unworkable in practice . . . unless G-d is teaching all those millions of people who disagree about so many issues different things.
Only G-d Himself is self-authenticating. If the Bible were self-authenticating, the Bible would (chas vechalilah!) be G-d.
At a certain point in history G-d authorized the Bible. But it wasn't two thousand years ago. It was some 3300 years ago when He spoke audibly to some three million people. That is how we know the Torah is from Heaven. But of course this didn't happen to chrstians so Protestants have to invoke the Bible as self-authenticating while the Catholics/Orthodox have to invoke the church as self-authenticating. One is bibliolatry, the other is ecclesiolatry.
The "new testament" which you are invoking was added to the bible by the historical Catholic/Orthodox church you and I despise so much. But thanks for playing.
Believe what you want. I know what I know and Who I know.
>You’re also totally ignorant about Torah law, unfortunately.
I have not dug too deep into it
Tell me something I don't know. Really, that was kinda obvious.
but I’m sure it has its own flaws.
You doubt G-d, but you're sure you're right. Got it.
For suggestions to become law, one must submit to their accuracy and good intent.
G-d doesn't make "suggestions."
Catholics (and Orthodox) generally have a very low view of the Bible, but you're so far to the left on Divine Revelation you're probably an embarrassment even to them.
So do all those Pentecostals/Baptists/Methodists/mormons/JWs/whatevers that you disagree with.
I once heard a preacher who said that the only way to know you were "saved" was to "know that you know that you know that you know." I'm sorry, but that's subjective nonsense.
You have it all figured out. Good for you
Why do you despise the Orthodox Church? Eastern Orthodoxy is one of the original Christian churches.
With your obsession with the Torah, you sound as if you might be involved in one of those “fake new” cults such as the noahides.
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