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To: Dr. Eckleburg
I just said the Bible does interpret itself. Men compare Scripture with Scripture and thus learn God's meaning. God gave us ears to hear and quickened minds to understand in order to rightly discern His word. Some will get it right, by the grace of God, and some won't.

So that's all that Jesus Christ left us in the Scriptures? A riddle? A mystery to be solved by some and misunderstood by others?

Sorry. My Redeemer is far more provident and caring than that. He left us an authoritative guardian in the form of His Church, whose teaching on the true meaning of Scripture is there for any who wish to avail themsleves of it. He didn't just say "go figure".

And if the Catholic Church isn't right, then who is? You? Benny Hinn? Ken Copeland? The Methodists? The black dude in the storefront down the mall? I don't know of anybody who thinks their understanding of Scripture is incorrect. Everyone believes that their own meaning is the true one.

History has shown us clearly over the past 400 years that your recipe for understanding Scripture simply leads to a confused proliferation of customized churches. Clearly , the Bible doesn't interpret itself. That is utter nonsense.

Jesus Christ is not a God of confusion. He didn't create a dozen, two dozen or two thousand Churches. He created one. God is one and there is one Church based on one truth.

68 posted on 05/07/2007 7:56:05 PM PDT by marshmallow
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