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To: HarleyD; jo kus; wmfights
Lord Jesus warned us about following the tradition of men

Of course He did. Look what harm the traditions of Luther and Calvin did to Christianity.

I can't recall any such warning about reading scripture, can you?

30 And Philip running thither, heard [the Eunuch] reading the prophet Isaias. And he said: Thinkest thou that thou understandest what thou readest? 31 Who said: And how can I, unless some man shew me?

(Acts 8)

15 ... the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

(1 Timothy 3)

20 Understanding this first, that no prophecy of scripture is made by private interpretation.

(2 Peter 1)

... also our most dear brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, hath written to you: 16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are certain things hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.

(2 Peter 3)

"To their own destruction". I'd take that as a warning if I were you.
7,428 posted on 05/31/2006 11:06:11 AM PDT by annalex
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To: annalex; HarleyD; jo kus; wmfights

""To their own destruction". I'd take that as a warning if I were you"

It is facinating that you would quote (2 Peter 3 ... "also our most dear brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, hath written to you: 16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are certain things hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.") in the same paragraph where you quote from 1 Timothy 3. Paul there lays out the qualifications for Pastors and deacons in the (1 Timothy 3: 15 ... "the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth") one of the most obvious being they must be married to one wife and have their children under control.

Now which church has misinterpreted this?







7,433 posted on 05/31/2006 11:32:02 AM PDT by blue-duncan
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To: annalex; jo kus; wmfights; Forest Keeper
Of course He did. Look what harm the traditions of Luther and Calvin did to Christianity.

Good grief. First you guys tell us that Luther and Calvin "invented" their beliefs. Now you're telling us they were following after "vain traditions".

7,438 posted on 05/31/2006 12:40:08 PM PDT by HarleyD ("Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures" Luke 24:45)
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