Bread & Butter

[WantsGirl]

Wisdom not lacking in of itself, why is it necessary to add bible verse's to everything you say. Do you think that people are more inclined to change their belief's if you insert (Verse here)

If you actually study the ministry of Jesus objectively, he didn't insert (Verse here) at every given moment. There was a time and place for inserting (Verse here) and he did it like a master, something I like to emulate when I talk to people.

But all this verse hockey has gone way too far.

 

[Sabertooth]

It is a way to show that a concept is God's idea; not just that of another person. Human ideas/wisdom can be helpful for simple concerns, but they are worthless in conveying those of the Spirit.

Jesus and the New Testament writers quoted their Bible [the Old Testament] regularly.

 

[Brotherly Spirit]

Wisdom not lacking in of itself, why is it necessary to add bible verse's to everything you say. Do you think that people are more inclined to change their belief's if you insert (Verse here)

If you actually study the ministry of Jesus objectively, he didn't insert (Verse here) at every given moment. There was a time and place for inserting (Verse here) and he did it like a master, something I like to emulate when I talk to people.

But all this verse hockey has gone way too far.

It's a problem when we post too much at once and a bunch of quoted verses. But it does help the poster and others when verses are searched then posted for Biblical context. I do agree in the long term it'd help all if we actually took the weightier parts to heart. We'd be forced to rely less on finger pointing here and there to prove our beliefs to the tiniest details. Instead go directly to the point leading in the correct direction and leave actual seeking to them.

 

[WantsGirl]

It is a way to show that a concept is God's idea; not just that of another person. Human ideas/wisdom can be helpful for simple concerns, but they are worthless in conveying those of the Spirit.

Jesus and the New Testament writers quoted their Bible [the Old Testament] regularly.

I see.

 

[St_Worm2]

It is a way to show that a concept is God's idea; not just that of another person. Human ideas/wisdom can be helpful for simple concerns, but they are worthless in conveying those of the Spirit.

Jesus and the New Testament writers quoted their Bible [the Old Testament] regularly.

The other thing that I began running into around here long ago is that if I say something, particularly on a debate thread, w/o using a Scripture reference or two to back up the points I'm making (or even the questions I'm asking), the first thing I'm often asked is why, and the next thing I'm asked is to provide the missing references

So I started to include them regularly.

BTW, you're correct, the Lord, as well the Apostles at times, used the phrase, "it is written" (or something close to it), throughout the Gospels and the NT.

--David