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a) You mean 2 Timothy, not Titus.
b) he never defines exactly what he means by the Holy Scriptures. Does it for instance include the Apocrypha, and if not why not?
c) He seems to be talking to people who know the OT. So it seems to be written to a Jewish community, not the increasingly goy community the church rapidly became. If you're not brought up with the Hebrew scriptures, as the non-Jewish believers were not, how does that affect that passage?
It is good you have a living relationship with Christ. You are missing out on some treasures by ignoring the bible.I test the words against Christ, rather than the other way round. And I find Christ in Scripture, in my church, in those I encounter every day, and in my heart.
I also find much in the Bible that contradicts God in Christ, and those bits I measure against Christ, and I find them wanting.
It is Christ who is the benchmark against which to measure Scripture, not the other way round.
The Jews don't include the Apocrypha in their scripture -
You don't have that faith in the Bible. It's that simple!
It is good you have a living relationship with Christ. You are missing out on some treasures by ignoring the bible.
BTW, I never said God=Bible, that's not even the point here.
if You don't trust what the bible says why would you pay it any mind? You find it wanting so why would you want it?Where did I say I ignore the Bible?
What evidence do you have for this accusation?
if You don't trust what the bible says why would you pay it any mind? You find it wanting so why would you want it?
I love Gods Word; BUT there are two at least two ways to approach Gods God; the letter that killeth and the spiritual word. (There is alway one other way to approach God's Word; religious)
Pro. 25: 2
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter
I love the above verse and find such an awesome deepness in God in things that are hidden. I find the Bible full of hidden mysteries (Greek Sacred Secret) and what amazes me are some many brothers and sisters in the Lord actually believe there are no mysteries in scripture.
When we receive Jesus as savior we are brand new babes spiritually speaking; all we can handle is the milk of Gods Word. Spiritual matters are hidden from spiritual babies; you see a baby has no teeth and cannot chew on a spiritual steak.
So many of Gods people are mature; mature only in their little religious box; as if you can fit Gods Word in any controlled container. But they are immature spiritually speaking; they might be one hundred and five years old and been going to church for a hundred years but all they can handle is milk.
I dont need evidence, Are we in court?These questions are about your interpretation of my belief, and actually say nothing about my actual belief.
Again, you have no evidence for this kind of sweeping generalisation.
Of sorts. You have made an unjustified claim, and it is only fair we ask for evidence to support it. If you are not prepared to stand by your beliefs, then why post them at all?I dont need evidence, Are we in court?
OK, I'll answer it.Of sorts. You have made an unjustified claim, and it is only fair we ask for evidence to support it. If you are not prepared to stand by your beliefs, then why post them at all?
It is good you have a living relationship with Christ. You are missing out on some treasures by ignoring the bible.
Quite right. Guilty as charged.
I have faith in God.
The Bible is not God. Never was, never will be.
Where did I say I ignore the Bible?
What evidence do you have for this accusation?
These questions are about your interpretation of my belief, and actually say nothing about my actual belief.
Again, you have no evidence for this kind of sweeping generalisation.
This is how I gather you have little use for the bible.OK, I'll answer it.
I dont need evidence, Are we in court?
This is how I gather you have little use for the bible.
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