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Originally posted by OdBodLike your own body is composed of individual parts, like arms, legs, eyes, and ears; so is the body of Christ made up of individual parts that work for the benefit of the entire body.
It looks like there is no place for individualism in your faith.
Now you are Christ's body, and individually members of it.
(1 Corinthians 12:27 NASB)
Originally posted by sonshipLets be honest,you would like everybody to live according to the dictates of the bible,I think this would lead to intellectual stagnation.You need only look to history for proof of this.
You go from one extreme to the other don't you ?
No, in God's plan there is the perfect balance of unity and diversity.
[b]"Christ ... who loved me and gave Himself up for me" says Paul.
It is only the all the loved MEs are built up together into a corporate dwelling place of God.
Listen. Only a God/Man could die for each one of us bec ...[text shortened]... ved, needed, coordinated up into a living expression of God dwelling in a collective group.[/b]
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Lets be honest,you would like everybody to live according to the dictates of the bible,I think this would lead to intellectual stagnation.You need only look to history for proof of this.
What good is living "by the dictates of the Bible" when you don't know God?
I would like a lot of people to meet Jesus the resurrected, living and available Person. One can meet and know Jesus - that is the good news
As for intellectual stagnation? Why, eternity possesses endless possibilities of righteous thinking.
I think intellectual stagnation if so with the faith, should have killed off the new testament believers a long time ago.
The adoptability of His overcoming life in us prevails from age to age.
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Originally posted by sonshipI am not being rude,but the way you write can be very old style and I do not know what you are trying to say.Lets be honest,you would like everybody to live according to the dictates of the bible,I think this would lead to intellectual stagnation.You need only look to history for proof of this.
What good is living "by the dictates of the Bible" when you don't know God?
I would like a lot of people to meet Jesus the resurrected, living and ...[text shortened]... ng time ago.
The adoptability of His overcoming life in us prevails from age to age.
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Originally posted by wolfgang59Sadly the opponents to the gospel, and they will probably come out ahead. They will receive their due reward in eternity.
Can Hebrews hold onto that 5 goal lead?
btw: Who they playing?
A little experiment: for those of you who have received the gospel information and have not yet believed in Christ as your Savior, try it and see the results. You may not see them until eternity but you will be eternally grateful.
Originally posted by kiki46I am 100% sure that neither of us will be disappointed.
Sadly the opponents to the gospel, and they will probably come out ahead. They will receive their due reward in eternity.
A little experiment: for those of you who have received the gospel information and have not yet believed in Christ as your Savior, try it and see the results. You may not see them until eternity but you will be eternally grateful.
I am not being rude,but the way you write can be very old style and I do not know what you are trying to say.
Your suggestion that I want everyone to follow the dictates of the Bible could be understood as treating the Bible as the law of dos and don'ts.
But the goal of the Bible is to bring us into a relationship which is intimate and personal with a living Person.
That is why the phrase born anew or born again or born of the Spirit or born from above underlines the commencement of a new life.
That is the life of God being born into our life. This a union between persons. And this is not simply following the dictates of the Bible but touching the Person behind the Bible.
Originally posted by sonshipI have many close productive relationships with many people.Quite often I find that the interaction of opposing views will become a creative process giving rise to new and different ideas. This process requires a degree of intellectual compromise in order to be productive.Many religions deal in fixed absolutes which preclude them from this process.I am not being rude,but the way you write can be very old style and I do not know what you are trying to say.
Your suggestion that I want everyone to follow the dictates of the Bible could be understood as treating the Bible as the law of dos and don'ts.
But the goal of the Bible is to bring us into a relationship which is intimate ...[text shortened]... his is not simply following the dictates of the Bible but touching the Person behind the Bible.
I have many close productive relationships with many people.Quite often I find that the interaction of opposing views will become a creative process giving rise to new and different ideas. This process requires a degree of intellectual compromise in order to be productive.Many religions deal in fixed absolutes which preclude them from this process.
That has never been a problem between me and the Holy Spirit.
You know one of the symbols of the Holy Spirit is a dove.
A dove is a gentle creature. In fact it is easily disturbed away,
The dove of the Spirit of Christ does not descend upon men as a coercive pterodactyle or a fierce condor.
My experience with the Spirit of Christ is as I also said concerning your concern with predestination. There is no rude usurping of the human will. There is instead a gentle wooing and winning of devotion in a most voluntary way.
I used before the word mingle as God wanting to be mingled with man. To mingle two or more things is to combine them so that components remain distiquishable in the combination.
In the mingling of Christ with the receiver of Christ we discern a blending of His perfect human life with our needy human life. A blend, a union which is neither abrupt or dictatorial is how the Spirit of God flows Himself through man.
It is the accusation of Satan against the human mind that God is a tyrant and a arbitrary despot. This is the slander of the Advasary. He accuses God's nature to man. But he also accuses man continually before God too.
This is why the redeeming blood of Christ's redemption is so necessary. Christ's redemption shuts the accusing mouth of the Slanderer and Advasary Satan.
It really is a winning proposition to be with the Son of Man.
Originally posted by sonshipI think that Satan was an invention of certain faiths to act as a vehicle for alternative views, competition and conflict are essential for human advancement. In fact it could be argued that your Christ story could not have happened unless it was set in a period of conflict.If we all return to a garden of Eden type existence ,what incentives will there be to become more than what we are?
[quote] I have many close productive relationships with many people.Quite often I find that the interaction of opposing views will become a creative process giving rise to new and different ideas. This process requires a degree of intellectual compromise in order to be productive.Many religions deal in fixed absolutes which preclude them from this process. [ ...[text shortened]... nderer and Advasary Satan.
It really is a winning proposition to be with the Son of Man.
