CYC to metmom:
“It is noteworthy that one of the gifts of the spirit Paul listed was the ability of some individuals in the congregations to distinguish between true and false writings. (1 Cor, 12:10)”
~ ~ ~
The arguing will go on forever until God personally sets
everyone straight. That’s why no one will speak or reply
to the prophecy about Revelation 6:12-17. I must of
posted it three times.
“I will not hear”, “I will not see”...the silence is painful.
Thanks for your reply on what you truly meant by the above.
All I was concerned with from the start was your one quote. I truly thought you were defending private judgment.
Protestants usually give another reason to defend private judgment (PIOS).
God did not give each person the gift to interpret Scripture, you would see thousands of personal opinions. It would result in division. Terrible, terrible fruit.
“The arguing will go on forever until God personally sets
everyone straight. That’s why no one will speak or reply
to the prophecy about Revelation 6:12-17. I must of
posted it three times.”
If I thought it had bearing on the question at hand I would have but I really don’t see any reason to post it without further explanation.
And just how do you KNOW that that *interpretation* of Rev 6:12-17 is the correct one?
And just how do you KNOW that that *interpretation* of Rev 6:12-17 is the correct one?
Go ahead and present your case.
If you think that by posting it repeatedly it gives it credibility or veracity, you are mistaken. Error, no matter how many times it's repeated is still error. It does not become truth with repetition.
The only thing that we can be sure of being true is Scripture itself. Everything else needs to be taken with all due caution. *Prophecies* like that can pretty much be tossed on only a cursory inspection.
God made it available to everyone but those who are in bondage to man/i.e., the RCC are left in the dark because they don't value HIS WORD ALONE. So let's not say what 'God did not'!! HE DID IT ALL! God's Word is spiritually discerned, so the HOLY SPIRIT is the TEACHER. It's HIS Word, HE teaches HIS WORD!
It would result in division. Terrible, terrible fruit.
There is no division with God's people - as they are 'in HIM'. Who would say being 'in HIM' is terrible? Only those who aren't spiritually discerning (the natural man) because they are in bondage to man.
1 Cor 2:14
"A person who isn't spiritual doesn't accept the teachings of God's Spirit. He thinks they're nonsense. He can't understand them because a person must be spiritual to evaluate them".
"But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned."
Romans 15:15,16
"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust IN HIM, so that you may overflow with hope by the POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT".
"I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, complete in knowledge and competent to instruct one another."
"I have written you quite boldly on some points, as if to remind you of them, again, because of the grace God gave me"
"to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles with the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, SANCTIFIED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT".
It's ALL about Jesus. God's Holy Spirit inspired Word is the FINAL Authority.