Hello,Arc
If someone "needs proof", they might not yet be ready, to discern Truth
I would not be ready either to discern truth if someone could not show me proof...lol
I love you too Jerry....okay....back to the 2 or three Scriptures you mention requiring.
You are not wrong!
You DO NEED two or three Scriptures in order to
"establish a Scriptural truth or doctrine." http://bible-truths.com/twelve.htmThere is a day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
Isa 26 :9 ....when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
From TWELVE GOD-GIVEN TRUTHS TO UNDERSTAND HIS WORD ~ truth number 12 "If any man will DO His will, he shall KNOW of [concerning] the doctrine, whether it be of God....(John 7:17)
God works all things in accord to His plan and purpose, not ours, so we can relax about the other chap over here or there, and get on with living the Truth as it has been revealed to us and continues to open to our joy OF Faith that is Christ in us.
There IS enough Joy of being the Light and the Salt, ( the wave and the particle) enough, to flavor what can be experienced as a pretty dark and dull world!
WE are to study. Leading any other pedigree race horse to water, still doesn't make the beautiful beast drink. LOL
2Ti 2:15
Study to show thyself approved to GOD (not approved to human limits, boundaries and parameters)
2Ti 2:15 Do your best to present yourself to God as an approved worker who has nothing to be ashamed of, handling the word of truth with precision.
2Ti 2:16 However, avoid pointless discussions. For people will become more and more ungodly,
See what I mean
We can't take the exams for our kids! We have to encourage them to know to do right, be good and behave nicely through example that they might, perchance and by the Glorious Gift of God, see in us, what is good to the resurrection of life, that is God IS working all in accord to His plan and purpose!
Just one other tip. You have to have the CORRECT TRANSLATION for Hades and Sheol, in order to even start to understand what they truly mean. Before you even get to the translation, it might be advised to get to know that such words in the Scriptures, do actually speak the Truth.
The
mistranslated word "Hell" has been working all things in accord to fear and punnishment which, if there be any message, it is that the mis-translations of the word,
is and has been the action of worldliness, getting Godliness completely wrong!
Arc