To: wmfights
The Holy Spirit was given the Apostles only (John 15:26-27, John 20:21, Acts 2), and they alone were commissioned to preach the gospel to the world (Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 21). Well, they still do, and we still listen. That gospel is the Holy Tradition. The written scripture is a part of it. It is special, as we know, as it is "profitable for reproof" but it is an organic part of a whole.
The scripture expressly warns against private interpretation of the scripture, see 2 Peter 1.
To: annalex
The Holy Spirit was given the Apostles only (John 15:26-27, John 20:21, Acts 2), and they alone were commissioned to preach the gospel to the world (Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 21). didn't Jesus send out 70 one time? 12 apostles and 58 what?
To: annalex
That is a total misunderstanding of scripture. In II Peter 1:20 Peter is stating that scripture does not come from man, but from God. Check the entire context, especially vs 21.
2,065 posted on
02/27/2006 5:33:44 PM PST by
tenn2005
(Birth is merly an event; it is the path walked that becomes one's life.)
To: annalex
The Holy Spirit was given the Apostles only (John 15:26-27, John 20:21, Acts 2), ...
Afraid not ...
From Paul's letter to the church at Corinth ... 1 Corinthians 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
To: annalex
"The Holy Spirit was given the Apostles only (John 15:26-27, John 20:21, Acts 2), and they alone were commissioned to preach the gospel to the world..."
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I never knew that Roman Catholics don't believe the HOLY SPIRIT indwells ALL believers. I've learned something new!
If the HOLY SPIRIT was only given to the Apostles what happened after they died? The next generation were not Apostles. They were Disciples, they never walked the earth with JESUS. Does the HOLY SPIRIT just stay around Roman Catholic Church's?
2,115 posted on
02/27/2006 8:08:07 PM PST by
wmfights
(Lead, Follow, or get out of the Way!)
To: annalex
"The scripture expressly warns against private interpretation of the scripture, see 2 Peter 1."
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Reading this now with the understanding that the HOLY SPIRIT does not guide you I see how you can think it means don't study SCRIPTURE outside your church.
As a Christian who has been blessed with an indwelling of the HOLY SPIRIT because my FAITH is in JESUS CHRIST alone as my SAVIOR and his sacrifice for me at Calvary I read this differently. 2PET 1:20-21 "Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of SCRIPTURE came about by the prophet's own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from GOD as they were carried along by the HOLY Spirit."
I read that GOD is the origin of prophecy and any true prophet is only speaking what he has been directed to by GOD. I don't see any condemnation of studying SCRIPTURE outside your church.
2,125 posted on
02/27/2006 8:50:02 PM PST by
wmfights
(Lead, Follow, or get out of the Way!)
To: annalex; wmfights
The scripture expressly warns against private interpretation of the scripture, see 2 Peter 1.
2 Peter 1:
20: First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation,
21: because no prophecy ever came by the impulse of man, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
Yes, read and no hint of "private interpretation". Certainly you don't cofuse "prophesy" with "private interpretation of Scripture"?
That said, I agree private interpretation can be misleading, even dangerous. Of course blindly accepting the interpretation of others can be just as dangerous.
2,175 posted on
02/28/2006 8:06:12 AM PST by
OLD REGGIE
(I am most likely a Biblical Unitarian? Let me be perfectly clear. I know nothing.)
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