Re: Did Paul intend for his writings to be Holy Wr
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Originally Posted by OneAccord
Its odd that Bro. Dan would start this thread. I have just begun reading (for the first time) "The Lost Books of the Bible". It contains "The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Laodiceans"
I wonder if he ever wrote to the church at Lesbos. "Paul's First Epistle to the Lesbians".
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Re: Did Paul intend for his writings to be Holy Wr
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Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea
Okay ... do you think Paul introduced "new commandments" that were not aligned w/ Scripture as we know it ?...
For example ... there is no prohibition of jewelry in the Old Testament ... furthermore it is celebrated by God in dressing Israel metaphorically ... Patriarchs used it ... the Jewish people use it until this day... Jesus speaks of it as a reward in one of his parables ....
Yet, modern-day truth bearers ....when formulating doctrine .... use prooftexts from two of his letters to teach that God is against jewelry.
Was Paul speaking against jewelry per se, or was it against ostentatious displays of wealth at church?
Re: Did Paul intend for his writings to be Holy Wr
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Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea
Okay ... do you think Paul introduced "new commandments" that were not aligned w/ Scripture as we know it ?...
For example ... there is no prohibition of jewelry in the Old Testament ... furthermore it is celebrated by God in dressing Israel metaphorically ... Patriarchs used it ... the Jewish people use it until this day... Jesus speaks of it as a reward in one of his parables ....
Yet, modern-day truth bearers ....when formulating doctrine .... use prooftexts from two of his letters to teach that God is against jewelry.
I believe when Paul was teaching about modesty, it was for people that "dressed up" in their expensive clothes and jewelry and thought they were better than others. It wasn't just what they wore but their spirit that were wrong. The spirit of pride. Look at me, look at me, I have all this and you don't. And it was being a stumbling block to some new believers. It isn't the jewelry that is wrong. And remember what the Israelites did with their jewelry to make the golden calf.
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Re: Did Paul intend for his writings to be Holy Wr
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Originally Posted by Encryptus
Was Paul speaking against jewelry per se, or was it against ostentatious displays of wealth at church?
Definitely the latter in context ...
The same is true when God lashes out against Israel's haughtiness various times in the OT ....
But to say the Word prohibits it ... and to use Paul's writings to prove this ... is not only extrabiblical ... but I believe would offend Paul greatly in various ways.
Re: Did Paul intend for his writings to be Holy Wr
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Originally Posted by Timmy
I wonder if he ever wrote to the church at Lesbos. "Paul's First Epistle to the Lesbians".
Timmy!!!!!!!!
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
Re: Did Paul intend for his writings to be Holy Wr
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Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea
You mean ... trinitarians have the Truth?
Of course they have truth. So much of our doctrine comes from them. I am not sure what THE TRUTH is but I can promise you that we Oneness don't have it all either. We set ourselves up for huge failure and loss of our future generations when we claim that we have THE TRUTH and no one else does.
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