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Destruction of the flesh
Dave in Tenn:
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--- Quote from: Dave in Tenn on February 07, 2014, 05:33:45 PM ---I am a life. I have life. I have a life. Why be so "theological" about it?
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God is Spirit, not A Spirit. To insert "I have" or me mine" creates Theology! :P
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Arc, I'm really not talking about theology. At least I'm trying not to. I'm talking about language (and life). The Scripture is words (and life). I'm trying to demonstrate in the simplest way I know how that the language of Scripture concerning me, you, God and every person mentioned in it doesn't divide us up into severals of independent components. If a writer of a regular book or story says "my soul" aches, and "my spirit was crushed", we know what he or she means. Somehow, however, when the writers of Scripture say things like that, we think we have to decipher them for code or something. What does it mean that the Scripture is Spiritually discerned? I know what I think that means, and I've never heard a sermon that approaches it.
Now for my other hat. There is so much discussion on this matter that it made it into the FAQ.
http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,11605.0.html
Microlink made the statement that "Ray says" and then tried to contrast it with what "Scripture says" and then proceeded to say what Scripture does NOT say. No...not going to go unanswered on Bible-truths.com forum. We each have to believe what we believe. We really don't even have much choice in the matter. But we do need to remember where we are.
Deborah-Leigh:
Ray went into the beautiful exposition of having declared to us, that we are the Kingdom of a God who's Heavens are in us. Ray puts to flight the notions around which hierarchies of Theological edifices and constructs have been projected as Denominations, Theologies, Church's, Synagogues and any number of Seminaries courting their particular spin on interpretation.
The Ray Smith teaching that refer to my statement Dave, is found in THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT IS FOR CHRIST'S DISCIPLES THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT IS FOR YOU. " Either we 'appolumi' - destroy/loose our souls! or God 'appolumi' our souls for us..." ~ L Ray Smith.
So, what have YOU got after you have 'appolumi" -Ed YOUR soul? Nothing of YOURS. No me, mine. No free will either ~
Arc
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