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To: Springfield Reformer
there are multiple possible ways to reconcile the data in a manner consistent with the premise that any God-breathed writing is assuredly accurate, else we accuse God of being unable to deliver His own perfect word through imperfect people

Multiple versions. I see. But Judas did die right? That part isn't in error, is it?

79 posted on 11/06/2014 8:28:30 AM PST by Poison Pill
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To: Poison Pill; Springfield Reformer

EVERYONE dies.

What of it?

If you think you’re making a point, you need to try harder.


82 posted on 11/06/2014 8:47:49 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Poison Pill; metmom; MissNomer
Your question was "how did Judas die," was it not? Your question assumes he is already dead. Do you not believe that?

As for "multiple versions," I never said that. I recited multiple theories of interpretation. There is no error in Scripture, but as long as there are any two people on earth, there can always be two or more theories about meaning.  Some theories are better than others. Weak theories fail to account for the totality of the facts. Good theories cover all the bases, and appeal to our conscience as a just handling of the text, i.e., we haven't left out things that seem at first to conflict with our most treasured assumptions, but rather we give due consideration to every relevant fact.

But our own ability to see different possibilities in a text does not reflect on the presence or absence of error in the text. You start with a principle, a belief about God, that He does exist as perfect in holiness and in every other way, and therefore if He is perfect His self-revelation to us will reflect that perfection. Eve went off the rails when she rejected that principle.  She did not infer the perfection of the Father's nature as being applicable to His words also, which she should have trusted implicitly.  But instead she allowed the evil one to insinuate a discrepancy, a defect in God, by which she lost her faith in His words.

But we have so much more than Eve had. We have direct apostolic testimony that He does not fail in reaching us with what we absolutely must know:
2 Timothy 3:15-17  And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.  (16)  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:  (17)  That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
So while it may be entertaining (in a certain morbid way) to speculate about the exact biological sequence of Judas' self-inflicted death, it's clear from every relevant passage that it did occur, it wasn't pretty, and it occurred in accordance with divine prophecy, as part of the plan God used to provide us redemption in Jesus.  I would ask then in what way the exact physical nature of Judas' death is in any way relevant to the primary facts we must know for our salvation, that Jesus, who died as a result of that betrayal, has by His death provided us with a means of being forgiven and restored to eternal life, through our debt of sin being canceled by payment in His holy blood, if we put our faith in Him, and in Hs totally reliable word.

Peace,

SR  


91 posted on 11/06/2014 10:23:36 AM PST by Springfield Reformer (Winston Churchill: No Peace Till Victory!)
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