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| #Post#: 2590-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Do you think you'd like Judas if you met him? | |
| By: Helen Date: November 1, 2025, 10:01 am | |
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| Yes , agree about the different accounts �I�ve always seen it | |
| not as disagreements but from the different writers point of | |
| view. | |
| A bit like the description of the elephant , one describing the | |
| trunk, one the tail , one the Tusks and one the legs�different | |
| accounts , but never the less , all being the elephant and | |
| correct. | |
| Much with Jesus was done so - �scripture could be fulfilled �� | |
| from the Psalms and from Isiah etc etc� | |
| #Post#: 2591-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Do you think you'd like Judas if you met him? | |
| By: Dave Date: November 1, 2025, 12:27 pm | |
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| For me and my house, more than just one view gives it more of a | |
| bite, what could we discuss if only one report is given, | |
| preachers and Bible students would be on the side | |
| lines.🧐🧐🧐. | |
| Sometimes like honest Thomas we need to �see� who�s report we | |
| will believe, as the old musketeers were won�t to say � All for | |
| one and one for all� which embodies the spirit of unity, mutual | |
| support, and collective responsibility. | |
| Jesus uses �it is written� to shoe Satan away, so that which is | |
| written works for me. | |
| My waking thought was �And the Word was made flesh� must be | |
| getting close to Christmas😇😇😇. | |
| The Word embodies what is written to make what is written more | |
| than just words but Spirit and life to us as we walk with the | |
| Lord in the light of his Word, there�s a nice line from an old | |
| song Mike 👍👍👍. | |
| #Post#: 2592-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Do you think you'd like Judas if you met him? | |
| By: Mike Waters Date: November 1, 2025, 5:02 pm | |
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| Misused Bibliolatry can be the death knell of faith. | |
| Let every follower just use the bible as a multipurpose tool | |
| that can feed the bread of life differently according to each | |
| reader's unique needs. | |
| That's precisely the means whereby the 'adversary' can cause it | |
| to be misused to both undermine some reader's pet theologies or | |
| underpin the pet theologies of another. (divide to conquer) | |
| In the words of the hymnist "God is His own interpreter, and He | |
| will make it plain" | |
| ( Albeit differently according to the differing needs of sincere | |
| seekers) | |
| #Post#: 2593-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Do you think you'd like Judas if you met him? | |
| By: KerryD Date: November 1, 2025, 7:32 pm | |
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| [quote author=Mike Waters link=topic=84.msg2592#msg2592 | |
| date=1762034578] | |
| Misused Bibliolatry can be the death knell of faith. | |
| Let every follower just use the bible as a multipurpose tool | |
| that can feed the bread of life differently according to each | |
| reader's unique needs. | |
| That's precisely the means whereby the 'adversary' can cause it | |
| to be misused to both undermine some reader's pet theologies or | |
| underpin the pet theologies of another. (divide to conquer) | |
| In the words of the hymnist "God is His own interpreter, and He | |
| will make it plain" | |
| ( Albeit differently according to the differing needs of sincere | |
| seekers) | |
| [/quote]How old is the idea that the Bible is inerrant? I don't | |
| think it's that old. I think it came about when Protestant | |
| leaders wanted to break with the Catholic Church so they had a | |
| motive to try to show how Catholics were wrong about things. It | |
| was, in my opinion, divisive. I think there are two types of | |
| people: Those who seek unity and those who seek self-gain by | |
| sowing division. What Jesus said about it makes perfect sense | |
| to me; and since his words demonstrate the Power of Love, I | |
| believe Luke quoted Jesus accurately. | |
| Luke 11:23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that | |
| gathereth not with me scattereth. | |
| Jews don't teach that their books are inerrant. Nor do most of | |
| the books in the New Testament claim to be the inspired Word of | |
| God or even prophetic. | |
| What I assert that I know that something becomes the Living Word | |
| of God only when the Holy Spirit helps us write it in our | |
| hearts. That idea is Old Testament; and I believe it since it | |
| demonstrates the Love of God. When Israel stumbled and rejected | |
| the Voice of God, that is when they were given written words . . | |
| . and told to write them on their hearts. A purely intellectual | |
| view isn't enough; but we also can't adopt impossible things as | |
| true -- God gave us minds to use, so we ought to use them. | |
| Deuteronomy 6:6 And these words, which I command thee this day, | |
| shall be in thine heart: | |
| Paul seems to agree when he said in Romans 2 that Gentiles | |
| without the laws of Moses can still do the works of them if they | |
| have them written on their hearts. | |
| For me, Scripture may be important telling us what can't be true | |
| (no matter how they may please us) than telling us what is true. | |
| Eliminate the errors, and eventually we're left with the Truth | |
| - the way gold is refined. | |
| #Post#: 2594-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Do you think you'd like Judas if you met him? | |
| By: KerryD Date: November 1, 2025, 7:49 pm | |
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| [quote author=Helen link=topic=84.msg2590#msg2590 | |
| date=1762009272] | |
| Yes , agree about the different accounts �I�ve always seen it | |
| not as disagreements but from the different writers point of | |
| view. | |
| A bit like the description of the elephant , one describing the | |
| trunk, one the tail , one the Tusks and one the legs�different | |
| accounts , but never the less , all being the elephant and | |
| correct. | |
| Much with Jesus was done so - �scripture could be fulfilled �� | |
| from the Psalms and from Isiah etc etc� | |
| [/quote]I am tempted to start a thread about how the Gospel of | |
| Matthew and the "prophecies" cited in it. | |
| #Post#: 2595-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Do you think you'd like Judas if you met him? | |
| By: Mike Waters Date: November 2, 2025, 1:16 am | |
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| Kerry, maybe I'm a bit thick but my post wasn't intended to | |
| suggest that the Bible is "inerrant". | |
| When writing it I was in two minds about whether or not to | |
| amplify my post by quoting 2 Corinthians 3:2-4 emphasising the | |
| importance of the Word of God being "written on the fleshy | |
| tablets of the heart which brings life" rather than being | |
| nothing more than the "letter of the 'Word' which Kills" | |
| 2 Corinthians 3:2-4 just happens to have been "written into the | |
| fleshy tablet of my heart" | |
| #Post#: 2596-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Do you think you'd like Judas if you met him? | |
| By: Helen Date: November 2, 2025, 8:57 am | |
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| [quote author=Mike Waters link=topic=84.msg2595#msg2595 | |
| date=1762064218] | |
| Kerry, maybe I'm a bit thick but my post wasn't intended to | |
| suggest that the Bible is "inerrant". | |
| When writing it I was in two minds about whether or not to | |
| amplify my post by quoting 2 Corinthians 3:2-4 emphasising the | |
| importance of the Word of God being "written on the fleshy | |
| tablets of the heart which brings life" rather than being | |
| nothing more than the "letter of the 'Word' which Kills" | |
| 2 Corinthians 3:2-4 just happens to have been "written into the | |
| fleshy tablet of my heart" | |
| [/quote] | |
| I�m one who actually liked and listened to Kenneth Haggin. | |
| He was the first one that I ever heard , mention that the �dead | |
| letter � can become a living word in the mouth of a believer. | |
| �When in a spiritual battle , grab any old jawbone of the ass | |
| and swing it , until it becomes �spirit and life� against the | |
| enemy�. | |
| Much like the preachers saying ��If your spiritual life is | |
| becalmed and the wind of the Spirit is not blowing�don�t just | |
| sit there - ROW! � | |
| I�d never heard that before. Never heard that �claiming a | |
| verse � could bring life and victory. | |
| In my many battles after that I found it to be true. I became | |
| one of the �claimers of the word �. | |
| Which is very different from the times of opening the Bible in | |
| our devotional reading and experiencing the Words of life | |
| leaping from the page into the heart. | |
| #Post#: 2597-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Do you think you'd like Judas if you met him? | |
| By: KerryD Date: November 2, 2025, 10:58 am | |
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| [quote author=Mike Waters link=topic=84.msg2595#msg2595 | |
| date=1762064218] | |
| Kerry, maybe I'm a bit thick but my post wasn't intended to | |
| suggest that the Bible is "inerrant". | |
| When writing it I was in two minds about whether or not to | |
| amplify my post by quoting 2 Corinthians 3:2-4 emphasising the | |
| importance of the Word of God being "written on the fleshy | |
| tablets of the heart which brings life" rather than being | |
| nothing more than the "letter of the 'Word' which Kills" | |
| 2 Corinthians 3:2-4 just happens to have been "written into the | |
| fleshy tablet of my heart" | |
| [/quote]I didn't think you were suggesting that the Bible is | |
| inerrant. I was wondering where that idea came from. | |
| #Post#: 2598-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Do you think you'd like Judas if you met him? | |
| By: KerryD Date: November 2, 2025, 11:39 am | |
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| [quote author=Helen link=topic=84.msg2596#msg2596 | |
| date=1762095444] | |
| I�m one who actually liked and listened to Kenneth Haggin. | |
| He was the first one that I ever heard , mention that the �dead | |
| letter � can become a living word in the mouth of a believer. | |
| �When in a spiritual battle , grab any old jawbone of the ass | |
| and swing it , until it becomes �spirit and life� against the | |
| enemy�. | |
| Much like the preachers saying ��If your spiritual life is | |
| becalmed and the wind of the Spirit is not blowing�don�t just | |
| sit there - ROW! � | |
| I�d never heard that before. Never heard that �claiming a | |
| verse � could bring life and victory. | |
| In my many battles after that I found it to be true. I became | |
| one of the �claimers of the word �. | |
| Which is very different from the times of opening the Bible in | |
| our devotional reading and experiencing the Words of life | |
| leaping from the page into the heart. | |
| [/quote] | |
| I don't know exactly what Haggin taught; but I might agree with | |
| him. Jesus is depicted as having a sword coming from his mouth. | |
| Believers can also speak the Word at times when they are | |
| inspired. | |
| Isaiah 49:2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the | |
| shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; | |
| in his quiver hath he hid me; | |
| Now back to Judas. When John tells us Jesus said, "I am he" to | |
| the band of men and they fell backwards. Seldom do we see this | |
| kind of spiritual power delivered in a such a way; but if the | |
| intention is there, it is possible I do believe. I see | |
| "doctrine" contained in that detail about them falling backwards | |
| when Jesus said that. | |
| #Post#: 2599-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Do you think you'd like Judas if you met him? | |
| By: Dave Date: November 3, 2025, 10:25 am | |
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| If all scripture is given by inspiration of God, the (original | |
| Greek) is God breathed. 2 Tim 3-16. | |
| When Paul writes to young Tim there was no new testament as we | |
| know it, so he has to be referencing the old testament, do we | |
| believe the same for the new? | |
| Kerry in the woman with the issue of blood, Jesus knew | |
| power/virtue had been released, so it was the indwelling Holy | |
| Spirit from within that bowls over the people in the garden, | |
| Peter's silver and gold have I none but such as I have I give, | |
| and we know just the power from his shadow was enough to heal | |
| sick folk. | |
| So why is the 'church' a wet noodle in this day and age, yet the | |
| early 'church' to them it was no small thing. | |
| IF there was a blowing of the wind of the Spirit now, would we | |
| actually believe it? | |
| Helen and I in our walk have seen many 'flakes' but have also | |
| known those who moved in the power of the Holy Spirit. | |
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