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To: CynicalBear

Scripture is sometimes unclear or equivocal, our understanding of it may be inadequate or defective, and it does not answer all questions. Therefore we must often turn to human experience and reason in matters of faith. Fundamentalist, sola scripture Protestants reject that view and thus find themselves on problematic territory when it comes to science and reason, even moral reasoning.


71 posted on 06/27/2015 9:49:23 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: Rockingham
>>Therefore we must often turn to human experience and reason in matters of faith.<<

Not for Bible believing Christians.

Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. Make up your own beliefs if you wish but scripture is still God's word and He promised the Holy Spirit to individual believers in order to understand.

1 John 2:27 As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him.

74 posted on 06/27/2015 10:22:26 AM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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To: Rockingham; CynicalBear
Scripture is sometimes unclear or equivocal, our understanding of it may be inadequate or defective, and it does not answer all questions. Therefore we must often turn to human experience and reason in matters of faith.

We know .....

But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness to him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 1 Cor.2:14

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.1 Corinthians 1:18

80 posted on 06/27/2015 11:02:27 AM PDT by RnMomof7
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To: Rockingham

The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.

For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.

Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

It’s very clear and if it’s not then you must pray and study some more the answer will come when God reveals it to you. The only Scripture that has to be known is:

14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,


110 posted on 06/27/2015 9:29:27 PM PDT by mrobisr
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