Indeed. My contribution to such discussions is generally this: that we should not impose our mortal reasoning onto the words of God. Which is to say, if something does not make sense to us, the problem is ours not His.
We must be people of the book. Any literalists should rejoice in knowing that the root word is “literate.”
Oh so very true! The words of God are food to us.
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. – Matthew 4:4
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, [they] are spirit, and [they] are life. – John 6:63
Praise God!!!
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AMEN T BOTH OF YOU.