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To: Jvette
I predict that there will be numerous protests from the protestors that the Holy Spirit guides them in their reading and understanding of Scripture.

You mean like John 14:26? “But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.”

I refer them to the whole argument of personal infallibility.

I don't know anyone that claims their interpretation is infallible. But everyone I know is personally responsible for their interpretation.

11 posted on 07/12/2011 11:28:05 AM PDT by LearnsFromMistakes (Yes, I am happy to see you. But that IS a gun in my pocket.)
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To: LearnsFromMistakes

Sure you do: you just don’t know anyone with the intellectual integrity to admit it.


13 posted on 07/12/2011 11:51:51 AM PDT by papertyger
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To: LearnsFromMistakes

Jesus was speaking to the Apostles here. We, who were not alive and therefore did not walk with Him, have no need to be reminded of anything He said, as we were not there when He said it.

The Gospels are the record of Jesus’ time with the Apostles and disciples.

John tells us in his gospel, chapter 20, that there is much more that Jesus did that is not included in these(his)writings, but that those that are written are so that we might believe that Jesus is the Messiah and in believing having life in His name.

We see a clear pattern in the the NT.

The gospels set the stage, so to speak, whereby we learn how Jesus came to be and what He did while he walked this earth and from this narrative, we learn to believe.

In Acts, we see the beginning of the Church. We see the beginning of the structure of the church, how a council is handled to determine questions that arise, how men are to be chosen to lead the new churches, and how the church became universal.

In the epistles, we have the “sermons” of the Apostles, telling us how this new Christian faith was supposed to work and how to live a life in Christ.

The Holy Spirit does indeed come to each of us, but we each have a different gift to offer the church.

It is simply wrong think the Holy Spirit leads to the many disparate interpretation of the Truth, that Jesus promised.


38 posted on 07/12/2011 10:49:56 PM PDT by Jvette
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To: LearnsFromMistakes

I don’t know anyone that claims their interpretation is infallible. But everyone I know is personally responsible for their interpretation.

Are you new to the religion forum on FR?

Everyone here believes they and they alone can interpret Scripture correctly.


39 posted on 07/12/2011 11:04:35 PM PDT by Jvette
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