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To: kosta50; Alamo-Girl; .30Carbine; betty boop
[.. There is something inherently suspect in any opinion being presented as "spiritual truth" while rejecting everyone else's as a "doctrine of men." ..]

Who has all truth but God, all men have but a facet of truth including the writers of the Bible.. Unvarnished Truth cannot be expressed in mere words(language) because language processes truth and limits it.. The source of dogma, all dogma , is processed thru someones metaphorical kitchen..

Thats why the church/Body of Christ is needed.. to spread truth out like paint on a canvass.. One of us cannot express it, truth.. any truth.. Since truth is Jesus Christ himself.. As he said , "He "IS" the way and the truth", himself.. it takes many testimonys to express aspects of Jesus.. Spiritual sacrifice is what LOVE IS... Love is spiritual sacrifice.. You know service.. to God and one another.. to neigbor and/or family..

We can accept some of each others testimony as a measure of truth or a measure against truth.. both point to the truth.. Even measures against the truth expresses the opposite as true..

The truth is (I Beleive, LoL) we can take pointers from each other but we will be held guilty for our own decisions.. for seeking "the Truth" on all issues.. Our own decisions will either FREE us or LIMIT us.. to finding a bigger/larger truth.. And thats the way is should be.. We are being tested.. After all who knows it all?..

13,278 posted on 04/22/2007 11:01:03 AM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
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To: hosepipe
Thank you so much for your excellent post! This is particularly beautiful to me:

Thats why the church/Body of Christ is needed.. to spread truth out like paint on a canvass.. One of us cannot express it, truth.. any truth.. Since truth is Jesus Christ himself..


13,295 posted on 04/22/2007 8:54:06 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: hosepipe; Alamo-Girl; .30Carbine; betty boop
I agree with most of your post, hospepie, except the part that God “tests us.” God only sends us blessings. The rest is our doing...
13,303 posted on 04/22/2007 9:28:09 PM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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