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To: imardmd1
Believe it or not

The problem with your private interpretation is that it impeachs the credibility of the Lord Jesus, the apostle Paul, the saint Ananias, the saint Luke, and the Holy Spirit for including the testimony of Ananias that you deny in the book of Acts after attesting to the function and veracity of his testimony. I believe them and uphold the scripture. Anyone may use your method of interpretation to discount many scriptures to which they object. It serves as modern revisionism to bend the scriptures to support a relatively new sect's doctrine. Other examples where that method is applied to impeach the testimony of someone in the scriptures are female clergy, homosexual marriage, contraception, divorce, and suicide.

And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me. And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me. And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.

And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there, Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him. And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard. And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Acts, Catholic chapter twenty two, Protestant verses six to ten, and twelve to sixteen,
as authorized, but not authored, by King James
bold emphasis mine

246 posted on 10/08/2015 8:11:47 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: af_vet_1981
Anyone may use your method of interpretation to discount many scriptures to which they object.

====== Two statements from Simon Peter ===========

"And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God" (Mt. 16:16 AV).

"Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee" (Mt. 16:22 AV).

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In the method of interpretation that I'm using, which employs accurate use of Scripture (not like yours), one of Peter's statements above is inspired, and one is not. However, the writing of both is inspired, as set down by Levi. Believe it or not. Do you perceive the difference?

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(BTW, the font colorizing and sizing style of attributions makes them hard to read. You might want to think about using the conventions of Bible college and seminary writing, such that the reader is not overwhelmed with unnecessary pyrotechnics, but attribution is clear and simple. Just a helpful suggestion.)

259 posted on 10/08/2015 2:53:05 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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