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To: The Cuban; metmom
Perhaps a little context is in order:

2Pe 1:12-21 (NASB) (emphasis in bold):

Therefore, I will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them, and have been established in the truth which is present with you.

I consider it right, as long as I am in this earthly dwelling, to stir you up by way of reminder,

knowing that the laying aside of my earthly dwelling is imminent, as also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

And I will also be diligent that at any time after my departure you will be able to call these things to mind.

For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an utterance as this was made to Him by the Majestic Glory, "This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased"—

and we ourselves heard this utterance made from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

So we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts.

But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation,

for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

Matthew Henry:

In these words the apostle lays down another argument to prove the truth and reality of the gospel, and intimates that this second proof is more strong and convincing than the former, and more unanswerably makes out that the doctrine of the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ is not a mere fable or cunning contrivance of men, but the wise and wonderful counsel of the holy and gracious God. For this is foretold by the prophets and penmen of the Old Testament, who spoke and wrote under the influence and according to the direction of the Spirit of God.

Alas, the personal interpretation of followers of the bishop of Rome have twisted the plain meaning of what the "first" bishop of Rome wrote.

2,068 posted on 01/12/2016 5:59:42 AM PST by kosciusko51
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To: kosciusko51

Still no.


2,072 posted on 01/12/2016 6:25:08 AM PST by The Cuban
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To: kosciusko51
Alas, the personal interpretation of followers of the bishop of Rome have twisted the plain meaning of what the "first" bishop of Rome wrote.

Alas my friend, thus begun the foundation of the Catholic Church which got it's start a couple of centuries later.

2,081 posted on 01/12/2016 10:21:43 AM PST by Syncro (James 1-8- A double minded man is unstable in all his ways-- Holy Bible)
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