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To: carton253

Christ is the completion and fulfillment of Truth. But if you are a medical doctor, you HAVE to study anatomy and biology. You can’t just get all your surgery cues from the Scriptures and the teachings of Jesus. However you cannot exceed the ethical boundaries set by Scripture.

Same goes for immersing yourself in the literature, philosophy, architecture etc...of classical antiquity. Those things can’t “save” you...but they can enrich your spirit and the life of your neighbors and glorify God. When the great wisdom of the classical world is applied with a Christian heart and Gospel focus.

“To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law.

21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law.

22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.

23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.”

- 1 Corinthians 9


16 posted on 05/07/2020 5:24:52 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
No, Christ is not the fulfillment and completion of truth. He is the Truth. He didn't come to complete some lack in the world's grasp of truth. The world was in gross darkness until Truth came as a great light.

The whole premise of your threads is Christians need to read the classics because these Greeks have something to teach us about how we should conduct ourselves and if I learn from them I will enrich my life and bring glory to God. Absolutely not!

Jesus is the only Truth. Because He brings light, life and freedom from sin. Why settle eating from the poor fare of Greeks who thought they knew life's answers. When you stand their teaching next to Christ, how beggerly they are. How inadequate. How unnecessary.

Then you bring up medicine and think that I'm implying that doctors don't have to go to med school to learn about medicine. You've changed the subject to try to make your point.

17 posted on 05/07/2020 6:22:44 PM PDT by carton253 (Jesus is everything.)
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