Posted on 06/28/2009 9:11:39 PM PDT by conservativegramma
The Word is not an it. The Word is a Who. When a person turns the Word into an it, that person is creating an idol. Yes, indeed, be very careful!
Sorry that would be Alexander the Great. No disrepect to Paul, but Alexander completely shattered the way the world was headed and changed it completely.
When you lose an argument you change the subject.
“Too many times, in too many churches, it is the fault of leadership through deliberate misleading or not clarifying truth. In any case, leadership in the church - any church - is always going to be held to higher standards in matters of corporate Church behavior precisely because of the critical role authority holds to lead and guide.”
I think we should go to God the Authority: “And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. “
- Matt. 7:28. 29
We do better to go to scripture and the help of its author, the Holy Spirit, than to men, of any denomination.
“Never man spoke as this Man”
The problem with this argument is that you are the only one allowed to judge, a self-appointed judge.
“The problem with this argument is that you are the only one allowed to judge, a self-appointed judge.”
I was told I could do that. “Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? - I Cor. 6:2
and
“Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.” - Jno 7:24
We are commanded to judge.
Then the task for a person wanting to be a saint is to stop being self-righteous like a Pharisee and become righteous.
That’s right!
So, we agree that there are two types of judgment: the judgment of the self-righeous Pharisaic prig, and the judgment of someone who is righteous in the Christian way.
Yup.
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