ya, apparently they're going to be. Good question, and all i got at the moment is that Abram struck dumb is a like a 'personal proof,' only applicable for Abram--to the rest of us, he could even have been faking it--v "miracles" which you seem to be alluding to, which we know are for the lost.
ya, apparently they're going to be. Good question, and all i got at the moment is that Abram struck dumb is a like a 'personal proof,' only applicable for Abram--to the rest of us, he could even have been faking it--v "miracles" which you seem to be alluding to, which we know are for the lost.
Miracles are for the lost?
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Come to think of it, I couldn't really tell with 100% certainty that is wasn't a forgery. But in practical terms, I would just see the signature, and the content would be plausible as something she would write (easy to recognize her style ). I wouldn't normally have reason to suspect a forgery. Contrast that with all the claims of messages from God.
Being struck dumb could have been from any number of causes. If he believed in devils, they could have done it as a false sign that the NT warns us about.
That's assuming it happened just as it says. It's a story. Someone wrote down a story that had likely been oral tradition for some decades, maybe centuries. There is no reason to think it is an accurate record of real events. Unless you are commanded to on penalty of death, maybe. Even a large number of Christians see most of those stories as allegory or fable, with an important lesson. They would say literalism missed the intended point.
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
Come to think of it, I couldn't really tell with 100% certainty that is wasn't a forgery. But in practical terms, I would just see the signature, and the content would be plausible as something she would write (easy to recognize her style ). I wouldn't normally have reason to suspect a forgery. Contrast that with all the claims of messages from God.
So basically you would:
1. Check to see if the letter was consistent with her other known writings
But doesn't that beg the question: how do you know the other writings were actually from her?
What I'm getting at is: Aren't you in the same quandry concerning a letter from your mother as those who can't say 100% for certain that a message is from God?
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1. Check to see if the letter was consistent with her other known writings
But doesn't that beg the question: how do you know the other writings were actually from her?
What I'm getting at is: Aren't you in the same quandry concerning a letter from your mother as those who can't say 100% for certain that a message is from God?
In the most pedantic, technical way, yes. In practical terms, no. Not in the ballpark. I have seen and spoken with my mom, face to face. I know her handwriting. Most importantly, there is no reason to be wary of forgeries of her writing.
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). I wouldn't normally have reason to suspect a forgery. Contrast that with all the claims of messages from God.
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