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Rene:
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It is confusing for me. Every person from every denomination and every religion will claim that THEY are the ones who see clearly and everyone else is blind. How can one know what is true?
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Largeli,
I believe you when you say you are confused. Only God can give you the eyes to see the truth and faith to believe. Here is an email reply from Ray that pretty much sums it up:
http://www.forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,1710.0.html
Faith is the assurance that God's Word is Truth and that God will do all that He has promised. This assurance (faith) is a GIFT of God and cannot be obtained by any human endeavor (Eph. 2:8-9). Reading and hearing the Scriptures can increase your faith, BUT ONLY BECAUSE GOD SUPERNATURALLY GIVES YOU THAT FAITH AND ASSURANCE, as you read and hear. Through faith you will both know God's will and live God's will. You must go to God for faith--there is no other source of true spiritual faith and assurance of God's trustworthiness.
God be with you,
Ray
Kat:
Hi Largeli,
--- Quote ---Are the apostles letters infallible?
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To me, that really is not the question. Yes the Apostles were only men, but there really is no question that they were being directed by the Holy Spirit, so that same Spirit will direct us to the truths God wants to teach us just like it did them. We do not have to worry so much if there is errors or if the Bibles are mis-translated, it is God's Spirit that will show us truth. He did provide Ray to help clear up some of the mis-translations.
Trust God, that is where truth comes from, that is what Christ means by saying My words are spirit and life. His Spirit will show us what is truth, so keep praying and reading His word.
John 6:63 It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, are are life. (ASV)
mercy, peace and love
Kat
lareli:
Thanks guys
I will spend some time in the links youve all referenced..
What do you guys think about Paul saying women shouldnt teach because of Eve and all that? What about in Romans where Paul wrote we should bow down to the authorities? I think I am a naturally rebellious person and sometimes I feel like that needs to be broken (thats what the church says anyway) but sometimes I feel its righteous, lol, but I know every man is right is his own eyes so I could be wrong... what do you think, is guilt or shame an indicator of wrong doing or is it a tool of the devil to make you think youre in the wrong when youre actually on the right track?
Dave in Tenn:
I don't know of a scripture that says 'bow down to the authorities'. It's often dangerous to paraphrase. Scripture says plenty about submitting to those who have the rule over you, being at peace as much as is possible, not resisting evil, returning good for evil, etc. etc. etc. Get specific, and understand these situations ARE specific (in that they are choices literally faced by each of us in individual ways) and not too fruitful (in my opinion) 'imagining' scenarios.
On guilt:
http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,3709.0.html
Joel:
We that are alive today, in some ways are at an advantage over people in past history.
We have a Bible that we can read and compare Spiritual things to Spiritual things as never before.
Looking at the Old Testament we can see how God dealt with those that chose the good and those that followed after evil.
God only revealed himself to a minority of people over the years, and the rest of the world worshiped false gods and idols.
Even Israel, and Judah did a lot of the same things as the other peoples around them.
It must have been a wonderful thing to have seen the temple that Solomon built and heard the Wisdom that God gave him to judge, and rule during his day.
We have the books of the Old Testament because God moved on various people to record and preserve events, by his Spirit.
We have the New Testament that we can compare to the Old Testament because God moved by his Spirit on Faithful men that Recorded the life, death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus The Christ of God. And to people he chose to be eyewitness of all the things he said and did.
It is very helpful as we are faced day to day with various good and evil events that apply to us in our generation. If the numbers are correct, about 2.1 billion people out of over 7 billion even consider the God of creation, and go about worshiping other gods and idols the same way that it has been for thousands of years.
Many saw Solomon at his best, and Untold numbers will one day see Jesus in his kingdom as he rules and reigns along with those he picks to make up that last great government like none has ever seen before.
We can hold in our hands The Old, and The New Testaments as God's two witnesses of events past and future.
We truly are a blessed people like none before us.
Thankful for his Love, and Mercy.
Joel
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