sbc
I asked you a simple question and you wouldn't answer it.
I asked you do you use the literal interpretation on every verse in the Bible and you wouldn't answer it. Why? What are you afraid of?
Jerry kelso
SBC ~ I trust the Scripture is True.
Jerry ~ "do you use the literal interpretation on every verse in the Bible?"
SBC ~
Interpretation ~ to explain the meaning of something.
Jerry ~ "do you use the literal interpretation on every verse in the Bible?"
SBC ~
Explain ~ to make the meaning clear.
Jerry ~ "do you use the literal interpretation on every verse in the Bible?"
SBC ~
Meaning ~ to render the UNDERSTANDING.
Jerry ~ "do you use the literal interpretation on every verse in the Bible?"
SBC ~
Only God gives the UNDERSTANDING of His Word.
Jerry ~ "do you use the literal interpretation on every verse in the Bible?
SBC ~
I Trust what is written is TRUE, whether or not I understand it.
Jerry ~ "do you use the literal interpretation on every verse in the Bible?"
SBC ~
God provides the interpretation, the meaning, the understanding of His Word.
Jerry ~ "do you use the literal interpretation on every verse in the Bible?"
SBC ~
I can guess, just like you. But it means nothing.
If there is something in Scripture, I want to understand its meaning, I seek God for His Understanding.
Jerry ~ "do you use the literal interpretation on every verse in the Bible?"
SBC ~ I don't interpret the Scriptures to Understand according to God.
Jerry ~ "do you use the literal interpretation on every verse in the Bible?"
SBC ~ Why are you asking IF I interpret the verses in Bible?
SBC ~ I Trust what the Scriptures say is True.
SBC ~ IF I WANT the interpretation, the meaning, the understanding of something in the Scripture ~ I don't interpret it ~ I seek God, to see what is ~ His interpretation, His meaning, His understanding.
Jerry ~ "do you use the literal interpretation on every verse in the Bible?"
Jerry ~ "why are you afraid to answer?" "You are dishonest", "untruthful", "unfair"...
SBC ~ You have been answered. I don't interpret the scriptures, unless to make a guess like you do, and I say it is a guess, unlike you.
If there is something in Scripture I want to know, I seek God for His Answer.
Jerry ~ "you don't care about scripture".
SBC ~ Of course I care about scripture. And I have the AUTHORITY to choose which scriptures I WANT TO STUDY, WHEN I choose.
SBC ~ I have NO obligation to care ABOUT what YOU CHOOSE to study in scriptures.
Jerry ~ "you're dishonest, unfair, untruthful.
SBC ~
I forgive you for your false accusations.
SBC ~
1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us understanding.
SBC ~
You should know you first need to KNOW the Word, before you can Understand the Word.
The Understanding of the Word, is given by God. Seek Him.
SBC ~ Scripture says:
Rom 6:7
For he that is dead is freed from sin.
1 John 3: 6
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not.
1 John 5: 18
We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not.
1 John 3:9
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin:
For his seed remaineth in him:
And he cannot sin,
BECAUSE he is born of God.
SBC ~ "Jerry are you born of God"
Jerry ~ yes - at age 7.
SBC ~ "Jerry do you continue to sin?"
Jerry ~ yes.
SBC ~ Scripture says that is false.
SBC ~ Scripture says whosoever is born of God sinneth not.
Jerry ~ Hermeneutics!!
SBC ~ You us an artful technique to change what Scripture says, to mean what it doesn't say.
Jerry ~ Biblical Scholars do it. And no one agrees with you.
SBC ~ The TRUTH of God IS:
1 John 3:9
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin...
He CANNOT SIN,
Be- CAUSE he is born of God.
SBC ~ you are CHANGING the TRUTH of God into a lie.
SBC ~ you are trusting Biblical Scholars you claim, like you, that men can be born of God and still sin.
Rom 1:25
Who changed the TRUTH of God, into a lie
....served the Creature, more than the Creator...
Jerry ~ but, but, but, ALL Christians are born of God and still sin.
SBC ~
1 John 3:4
....SIN IS transgression of the LAW.
Deut 9: 7
....Rebellion against God
Josh 1:18
... Rebellion against commandment.
SBC ~ Jerry, WHEN were you IN REBELLION AGAINST GOD?
When you were naturally born IN SIN?
Did you Believe in the Lord?
Did you know the Lord?
Did you love the Lord?
I was naturally born IN REBELLION AGAINST the Lord.
I was not naturally born, believing in Him, knowing Him, loving Him.
I came to KNOW ABOUT HIM, through HIS WORD.
I came to TRUST HIS WORD IS TRUE.
I came to BELIEVE IN HIM, through HIS WORD.
I came to LOVE HIM, through HIS WORD.
I came to a DECISION, "BY" the TRUE Thoughts in "MY HEART", to GIVE MY LIFE TO GOD.
THAT WAS MY FREEWILL CHOICE to make.
Not Gods, Not yours, Not any other mans.
I CHOSE to GIVE, God the Authority OVER MY LIFE.
GOD, WHO IS FAITHFUL, ACCEPTED THAT AUTHORITY OVER MY LIFE, and CHANGED EVERYTHING about MY LIFE, in the manner, Scripture REVEALS IS ACCEPTABLE TO GOD.
God FORGAVE my REBELLION AGAINST Him.
God KILLED MY BODY OF SIN.
God COVERED my body with His Light.
Gods LIGHT overcomes darkness.
God RESTORED my soul.
God GAVE me a new heart.
God Planted HIS SEED in my new heart.
Gods SEED birthed me a NEW spirit.
Gods Spirit of Truth dwells in my new heart.
Gods Spirit of Truth FEEDS my spirit His truth.
THROUGH Gods WORD, Jesus, I learned ABOUT GOD.
THROUGH Gods POWER, Christ, I was Converted to a new man, acceptable to God.
THROUGH Gods POWER, Christ, I have MET God, KNOW GOD, HAVE a DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
God IS IN ME, and I IN HIM.
THROUGH Gods POWER, Christ, I AM KEPT, in FAITH - FULLNESS - TO HIM ONLY.
I CAN NEVER AGAIN REBEL AGAINST GOD.
REBELLION WAS MY SIN AGAINST GOD.
CORRUPTING MY SOUL WAS MY SIN AGAINST GOD.
God FORGAVE MY REBELLION.
God FORGAVE MY CORRUPT SOUL.
God KILLED my body of SIN.
God WASHED my body of SIN, in Jesus' BLOOD.
God SANCTIFIED my body of SIN.
God JUSTIFIED my body to be REDEEMED.
God JUSTIFIED my natural body to be GLORIFIED, according to HIS time-frame.
God RESTORED MY SOUL.
God planted HIS SEED in my new heart, and BIRTHED MY NEW spirit.
God HAS AUTHORITY OVER MY LIFE, and HAS MADE ME:
1) FREED FROM SIN
2) INCAPABLE of EVER AGAIN SINNING.
Gods WORD IS TRUE.
1 John 3:9 is TRUE.
Whosoever IS BORN OF GOD, CANNOT SIN.
Perhaps YOU ARE A JEW, and YOUR SIN IS TRANSGRESSION of the LAW.
I am NOT A JEW. Nor was I ever UNDER the Law of the Hebrews/Jews.
I DID NOT Transgress a LAW, I was NEVER SUBJECT TO.
The WORD of GOD gives me TWO COMMANDS.
1)
Matt 22:38
This IS the first and GREAT commandment.
Thou shalt love the Lord they God with all thy heart, and with all they soul, and with all they mind.
2)
Matt 22:39
And the second IS like unto it, Thou shalt love the neighbor as thyself.
Gods POWER IN ME, gives me the strength to ACCOMPLISH fulfilling these TWO Commands.
But Perhaps you are a JEW, and continue to be UNDER Hebrew/Jewish Law, and continue to TRANSGRESS the Law.
That is something YOU will have to CHOOSE to BECOME FREED FROM, by learning ABOUT the Word of God, Trusting to BELIEVE the Word of God, Giving GOD the Authority over your LIFE, and come to KNOW God THROUGH His Christ, so He may ALSO forgive you and FREE you from your SIN, that you ALSO, are kept by HIS POWER TO SIN NO MORE, become FREED from sin, that you CANNOT sin.
No one can make your choice FOR YOU.
And NO ONE Can FORGIVE your Sin Against God, but God Himself.
And NO ONE Can KEEP you Freed from Sin,
So you CANNOT SIN, but God Himself.
No one CAN TRUST the WORD of God for you.
Currently you ARE Teaching to NOT TRUST the Word of God is TRUE.
Currently you ARE Teaching TO TRUST, interpretations of the Creature OVER the Creator.
I say I TRUST the Word of God is TRUE...
And you call me dishonest.
I say I DO NOT TRUST your method of changing the understanding of Gods Word, according to men, to mean what it does not SAY.
And you call me unfair.
And you say no one agree with me.
It really does not matter IF ANYONE agrees WITH ME.
All that DOES MATTER is I AGREE WITH GOD.
And your matter, IS you have expressed, YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH Gods Word, that a man WHO IS BORN OF GOD, CANNOT SIN.
If you think you are being honest, by rejecting Gods Word, you are utterly deceived.
God Bless,
SBC