The 2nd and 3rd Evangelists give the only account of Jesus marveling at the Centurion's faith. No where else does it show Christ being amazed. (Luke 7:9)
When we get together and Pray and proclaim the Faith we all say, "amen" at the end because we are agreeing (accepting).
Salvation comes through acceptance, we merely accept gifts especially when G_d gives them (Ephesians 2:8-9).
The Bible was compiled by man, the roman empire to be exact.
It was all written by man, and some was inspired by the Holy Spirit.
Is all of it necessary?
If it has nothing to do with Love than it is meaningless, like the genealogies even Paul rebukes in 1 Timothy 1:4.
Those same 2 evangelists that wrote about the centurions Faith present a family tree that are not same.
No, don't worry. The people that put 66 books together and called it the only infallible Word of G_d threw up barriers up and spread fear. Paul wrote his letters with the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit of Truth wasn't snuffed out completely. Jeremiah 8:8, Revelation 22:18-19, clearly indicated that the altercation of scripture happens. John had to add threats!
"Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering."
(Luke 11:52)
Look at the vatican flag.
See keys?
They deceive some by calling them St. Peters keys to the gates of heaven but it is a blatant taunt.
O' foolish roman catholic church empire...
How can we grow when confined, and are only movement is trembling from fear (1 John 4:18).
I believe there is more than just the New Testament that is inspired by the Holy Spirit (John 21:25).
Doubt is not good, but being aware is (Luke 12:1) especially with what your saying amen to.
Its not a problem you don't understand the Bible (1 Corinthians 8:2).
Peace.
Thank you, eachallburg
>The 2nd and 3rd Evangelists give the only account of Jesus marveling at the Centurion's faith. No where else does it show Christ being amazed. (Luke 7:9)
>When we get together and Pray and proclaim the Faith we all say, "amen" at the end because we are agreeing (accepting).
Salvation comes through acceptance, we merely accept gifts especially when G_d gives them (Ephesians 2:8-9).
Amen
>The Bible was compiled by man, the roman empire to be exact.
It was all written by man, and some was inspired by the Holy Spirit.
Is all of it necessary?
I think you are correct, and if you talk about the history, I think Jesus was a mere man with great philosophy in a history book.
However, the philosophy leap into a religion and faith, again in my case, therefore we all believe that the Bible was written inspired by the Holy Spirit.
And I like you said some (of the Bible) was written inspired by Holy Spirit.
I know it is only me to think that I do not take Old Testament heavy as the Bible (such as kosher food law) and only the Gospel is important for me.
>Doubt is not good, but being aware is (Luke 12:1) especially with what your saying amen to.
Haha, Doubting Tomas is actually Doubting Thomas, of course, however, my real name is Hirotami and they called me Tommy, then Thomas or Tom when I came to the USA 36 years ago.
My grandmother's cousin was a student of Johns Hopkins University a hundred some years ago.
His name was Inazo Nitobe and he was baptized in Japan, provably as a Methodist.
After He came to the USA, he must be disappointed with the denomination whatever the reason was.
Then he joined Quaker and married Quaker's daughter.
When I recently found the name of the baby son of Inazo and his wife Mary, passed away in few days after born, was Thomas, I had a chill all over my body.
I never had a relationship with famous Inazo and Quaker rather than my mother told me about Inazo who was a cousin on my grandmother.
I lived Maryland and New Jersey, so Philadelphia was my favorite city to visit.
I may have passed where Inazo was riding a buggy, and I may have seen trail or woods Inazo had seen.
William Pen (the founder of Pennsylvania) was a Quaker and Quaker believed we are all equal under God, which was a new and noble idea especially back then.
The idea became Democracy, the Democracy formed the base of the Constitution of the USA, We The People.
Ironically, the Founding Fathers of America was also the Framers of the Constitution and some of them, such as George Washington, were slave plantation owners.
However, many good things had come out of the Constitution in its history, even it was slowly.
Oh well, what was I talking about ?
>Its not a problem you don't understand the Bible (1 Corinthians 8:2).
No, it's not a problem. We do not understand it without the Holy Spirit.
Even I did one night, next morning I never felt the chill again.
However, telling others that you are misunderstanding the Bible is totally different no understand.
Since we don't understand the Bible is no problem, to tell someone you are misunderstanding the Bible is who's words?
Perhaps, the Holy Spirit?
>No, don't worry. The people that put 66 books together and called it the only infallible Word of G_d threw up barriers up and spread fear. Paul wrote his letters with the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit of Truth wasn't snuffed out completely. Jeremiah 8:8, Revelation 22:18-19, clearly indicated that the altercation of scripture happens. John had to add threats!
This is what I am talking about with "only the Gospel is important for me."
