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>> “It really amazes the number of people who will apply Scripture willy nilly tossing around new meanings” <<

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Its unfortunate that people such as yourself that haven’t read the scriptures don’t understand that the word of God is a plain text, self explanitory treatise on life, and all that is needed is to read it aloud: “Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God.”

You deny yourself the truth, and the sweet peace of assurance that is transmitted thereby. You allow yourself to believe that it really means something other than what it plainly says, and that is the saddest thing in the world.
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Since I have indeed read the Scripture that particular pat answer doesn't apply.

It's honestly upsetting that when anyone has serious questions they won't get any serious answers from the Sola crowd and definitely no requests to expand on the thinking behind the questions. They will get what boils down to a half dozen pat answers, frequently supported by Scripture taken out of context or otherwise interpreted to mean anything but, “ ... what it plainly says”.

Perhaps, "Moses lit off on a camel" means he lit his cigarette since that's what it plainly says. A verse about smoking is needed so a verse about cigarettes is found and applied. Fundamentalists smoke only Camel brand, moderates any type of non-filter, and liberals say the verse implies any sort of cigarette is just fine. Of course the plain reading of what it plainly says is clearly applied in an absurd manner. Yet that, I have now learned, is the very essence of Sola Scriputa.

It is far sadder to see someone floating along in their “sweet peace of assurance” than anything else I can think of be cause such a state is about as far from fear and trembling as I can imagine. Over the past few months I have finally realized the sort of people who fit a particular situation in the Word that I have sometimes wondered about. Those who believe they are right and are so tranquil and self-assured about their faith that it induces in them no fear are the very ones who will be shocked at the response when they say, "Lord, Lord" and are told, "I never knew you".

Regards