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To: Natural Law; Alex Murphy; Quix; metmom; Alamo-Girl
why do you deny her or any Catholic the inherent right you claim for all Protestants to be the sole and final interpreter and arbitrator of all things Scriptural?

This insult tossed at Protestants is in no way what Protestants do or believe, nor is it what Scripture says to believe or how to behave.

Christians believe that the Holy Spirit indwells them as a free, merciful gift from God to His children. The Holy Spirit guides our reading of the Scriptures, making known the truth of God, so that the words themselves truly become "spirit and life."

"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

The words, made knowable by the Holy Spirit, penetrate our hearts and minds and redirect us from the darkness to the light.

Do all Christians get everything right?

Nope. But as Calvin reminded us, without the Holy Spirit as our guide, the Scriptures are just ink on a page.

"For by the Scripture as our guide and teacher, God not only makes those things plain which would otherwise escape our notice, but almost compels us to behold them; as if he had assisted our dull sight with spectacles." -- JOHN CALVIN "Commentary on Genesis" Vol. 1

Therefore, the "sole and final interpretor" is God, the Holy Spirit, refining our understanding and renewing our minds to the truth of Christ risen.

The visible church was created to help men know the truth personally, not to define the truth for them nor to dispense (or withhold) God's grace. The word of God by the Holy Spirit does that, as the Christian church, testifies, and it does that for all who have been given, freely and mercifully, eyes to see and ears to hear.

2,310 posted on 04/27/2010 12:16:03 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
"This insult tossed at Protestants is in no way what Protestants do or believe, nor is it what Scripture says to believe or how to behave."

As validated by YOPIS?

Christians believe that the Holy Spirit indwells them as a free, merciful gift from God to His children."

Except of course when those involved are Catholics who arrive at a different interpretation and conclusion than YOPIS?

Therefore, the "sole and final interpretor" is God, the Holy Spirit, refining our understanding and renewing our minds to the truth of Christ risen."

And then only as codified by YOPIS?

Your entire response is aimed at denying any authenticity for the Holy Spirit's guidance when it conflicts with YOPIS.

2,314 posted on 04/27/2010 12:26:28 PM PDT by Natural Law
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
Thank you for the beautiful Scripture, dear sister in Christ, and thank you for sharing your insights!

Therefore, the "sole and final interpretor" is God, the Holy Spirit, refining our understanding and renewing our minds to the truth of Christ risen.

Indeed.

But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. - I John 2:27

[There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. - Romans 8:1

But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. - John 14:26

Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned. - I Cor 2:13-14

God's Name is I AM.

2,450 posted on 04/27/2010 8:55:53 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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