sincerly said:
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sincerly said:
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Simplelogic, I did not read your site, because GOD'S message for the salvation of mankind is found in HIS words---not those of man's comments/opinions.
..."What is at stake", according to the Scriptures, is what the ultimate end will be for what one "chooses" to believe.
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CG-D, "In your opinion", Is there a Creator GOD as the Bible acknowledges? If you can not accept that fact, then any of mankind's explanations is valid for themselves.
Amos 3:7, says, "Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets."
Those prophets were chosen by GOD to reveal HIS inspired messages. Those messages were not to be randomly/arbitrarily given validity by each individual's own opinion---as you suggest. Only the meaning expressed to the prophet and given by the said prophet is truth. Yes, there are many who assume that they have the right to eisegesis as they please.
The OT is the foundational principles upon which the whole of the NT is fulfilled. The goal of the scriptures is consummated.---the salvation of sinful mankind.
"Who?" Inspired men of GOD who were killed for the bringing of corrective messages to the erring people.
The same Holy Spirit which Gave the messages, also, guided inspired men to preserve the Written messages.
For the most part, the Scriptures themselves do the explaining to the honest seeker for the truths found in the messages of the Scriptures.
"Who?" "sects and denominations" were started by men who were lead by the same Being who influenced Eve to doubt/go counter to the Creator GOD'S instructions---and for the same reasons---Lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh and the pride of life".
The Scriptures are truth as is posted in those Scriptures. Mankind has the choice to believe are deny.(depending on that choice above)
I did give my opinion as stated above---
"because GOD'S message for the salvation of mankind is found in HIS words---not those of man's comments/opinions".
Therefore, since GOD expressed HIS Truths in the Scriptures, what was written in that site should agree with the Scriptures. When, In no agreement or in a contradictory form, there is no value in reading or wasting one's time just to express an "opinion".
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There is much missing in our current dialogue concerning Scripture. There is a general principal for the way scriptures were added over time. It is logical and easy to understand. The Jewish people had a systematic way of adding new Prophets writings which were considered God inspired.
Yes, I was recorded in the book of the Kings and in the Chronicles.
- The Torah (first 5 books of the Bible) were a divine revelation from God himself to Moses. If you are willing to believe in this premise then this will unlock the validity for all the rest of the writings that were later added. The Torah itself gives the criteria for "testing" prophets.
True.
2nd premise- For any man to be considered a "prophet" from God, and worthy of inclusion into "the scriptures" there must be two requirements.
Yes and No!
First requirement- The Bible commands us in Deuteronomy 4:2 to not “diminish” any of the words of prior Prophets. Thus, this prohibits adding prophets who contradict earlier prophets.
The Bible commands us in Deuteronomy 4:2 to not “diminish” any of the words of prior Prophets. Thus, this prohibits adding prophets who contradict earlier prophets.
True.
Second requirement- This same prophet must predict a future event which comes to pass. This is what validated the words of that prophet and became the "rubber stamp" if you will of divine authenticity.
This is the test which God laid down for man to use in order to "guard" His words. This does not mean that man is perfect at it. I will demonstrate later that the Bible itself proves that valid "scripture" can be lost from "the canon". This means that man is still currently responsible to test the books of the Bible (by the Torah's criteria) to determine which books are valid and which ones aren't. It most certainly does NOT mean that the NT books which were chosen by Athenasius are automatically valid.
A prophet could be sent of GOD to warn/ show where to recipient had erred from following GOD without any "future events" being prophesied.
However, in the guarding of HIS WORD, Isa.8:20 is standard. "To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word,
it is because
there is no light in them."
Each of the NT epistles contain many references to the OT principles which are the "context" for the statements written.