“I’ve told you the principle, to rightly divide the word as we’re instructed to do:”
Well, that is not an answer to the specific question you were asked. If I asked you “how do you multiply two numbers” and you said “study math”, I would categorize it similarly as a non-answer.
“I guess that may not mean much to some but to me it means to think of the situation and use discernment to put the verses being studied in the proper context.”
What you state here is a subjective method, not an objective one. In order for it to be a sound method for interpreting Scripture, anyone should be able to apply it and achieve similar results.
“Of course there is a special way to understand God’s Word! It’s not meant for hypocritical Pharisees, scripture lawyers with evil intentions, or those who do not study to show themselves approved. Jesus himself said it is meant for only those that He wants to understand:”
Yes, yet we are all Christians here (save a few strays that wander into these threads), so we have no excuse for claiming some special method for understanding Scripture that others would not be able to apply. Christ may not have expected the Pharisees to understand mysteries, but He certainly expected His disciples to understand and be in agreement.
I can't help you understand the Word, I'm not a pastor, just a discusser. You're going to have to take it up with the Holy Spirit and ask Him for discernment and understanding. I can plant a seed, that's all. I hope you come around.
What you state here is a subjective method, not an objective one. In order for it to be a sound method for interpreting Scripture, anyone should be able to apply it and achieve similar results.
Yep. It works for me. No unworkable theories from me.
Yes, yet we are all Christians here (save a few strays that wander into these threads), so we have no excuse for claiming some special method for understanding Scripture that others would not be able to apply. Christ may not have expected the Pharisees to understand mysteries, but He certainly expected His disciples to understand and be in agreement.
Well, let's look at who the Pharisees were. Paul was a Pharisee. What did Paul do at first? He held the coats for those that would kill a man of God, Stephen, to shut him up. So a Pharisee to me is someone who allows non-biblical traditions to be a stumblingblock to learning truth. Political correctness is certainly a huge stumblingblock and Satan's greatest weapon right now to keep people from understanding God's Word. God had to go to the extreme of striking Paul down to change his ways. There's a lot of Pharisees today that try to exercise that same power that Paul exercised, by playing games (maybe expressing false assumptions to plant seeds of untruth) to shut people up. Sound familiar?
Political correctness wipes out a large portion of the bible and makes those whose learning suffers from that to be easy prey for the antiChrist when he arrives.