Man, wouldn't it have been great if God had written the Bible?
(Uh oh. There's that cynicism again! )
It's a matter of His transcendence. He is "above all..." Every manifestation of God in this world comes with certain limitations that prevent His nature and being from subsuming our created existence out of existence.
It's a matter of His transcendence. He is "above all..." Every manifestation of God in this world comes with certain limitations that prevent His nature and being from subsuming our created existence out of existence.
The Bible is a revelation of God's will, and inspired by His Spirit; but those things are contained within the words of man.
And we are required to sort out the inspired words from the uninspired. There are uninspired words of man, too, right? Like mine, or Buddha's, or some of Paul's (the ones that didn't make the cut), etc.? Is it good enough to believe that the ones that say they're inspired are inspired? Or should we also test what the words say for "trueness"?
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
why would we think that something St.Paul wrote hundreds of years ago...answering a letter or report that we don't have...to people we don't know...or speak the same language...or share the same customs or culture...why would a rational person believe this is written for us today?
Are you me?
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
And we are required to sort out the inspired words from the uninspired. There are uninspired words of man, too, right? Like mine, or Buddha's, or some of Paul's (the ones that didn't make the cut), etc.? Is it good enough to believe that the ones that say they're inspired are inspired? Or should we also test what the words say for "trueness"?
I think we have completely missed a major point that Paul was making in this passage, because we focus on the hair. I think his main point was about submission and proper roles.
That's right. Now shutup and get back in the kitchen!!!!!!
__________________ "I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
I think we have completely missed a major point that Paul was making in this passage, because we focus on the hair. I think his main point was about submission and proper roles.
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Originally Posted by CC1
That's right. Now shutup and get back in the kitchen!!!!!!
Yeah. And stay off the roads.
Hey, it's kind of cool being a "Neanderthal."
Would it kill any of you ladies to get me some breakfast?
It's a matter of His transcendence. He is "above all..." Every manifestation of God in this world comes with certain limitations that prevent His nature and being from subsuming our created existence out of existence.
The Bible is a revelation of God's will, and inspired by His Spirit; but those things are contained within the words of man.
which Bible?...or how many?...understand that when St.Peter & St.Paul were writing...the Bible to them was the Hebrew O.T. and/or the Torah. Ironically...most english bibles don't include all of these.
regarding "God's will" being revealed...I'm not sure if I understand what this means. Did something become God's will because it got written down?...or was something God's will and then it was written? how does this playout with all the Hebrew history that is in the O.T.?
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