Spirituality
24 Oct 17
25 Oct 17
Originally posted by @velnsNo, the written Word is very important to us sharing with us God’s interaction with mankind. The point of it is to let us know we can have a right relationship with God in Christ, to be in Christ.
It seems to be broadly suggested (so far) that the Bible is superfluous as an engine for Christian salvation.
We can through the Word grasp that God loves us and is reaching out to us. He has made Himself available offering His Spirit to us, which is the point because His Spirit gives us life.
If all we have are words in a book that gets us nothing, for the letter kills but the Spirit gives us life.
25 Oct 17
Originally posted by @eladarNo, the Bible should not be defined by what YOU claim the words mean. You never fail to put your sick twist on what the Bible is saying.
It already does. We have plenty here who claim the Bible should not be defined by the words within it.
Why do you ignore this every single time I've told you this?
Originally posted by @velnsBy whom?
It seems to be broadly suggested (so far) that the Bible is superfluous as an engine for Christian salvation.
Those who are not Christian?
Yeah, that's valid. (No, it's not.)
Now before some grognard like FMF decides to jump in here with his 'special' way of ignoring people's points, in answer to your OP, I say No, it would not. It would have died stillborn in the first, or more probably second, century. Without scripture, it could not have been disseminated to the masses. Christianity would have remained a small group, only those who could learn of it through word of mouth, and once those people were killed off, the movement would have died.
By the way, you have moved the goalposts a bit since your OP. The OP never mentions the Bible "as an engine for Christian salvation". What the Bible is, is a method of conveying the Gospel, or the Good News, about the Christ. The Bible doesn't save people on its own. It's only a beacon, an instruction for finding the Way, the Truth and the Life.
25 Oct 17
Originally posted by @suzianneAgreed.
I say No, it would not. [Christianity] would have died stillborn in the first, or more probably second, century. Without scripture, it could not have been disseminated to the masses. Christianity would have remained a small group, only those who could learn of it through word of mouth, and once those people were killed off, the movement would have died.