So, when Paul said that ALL scripture is by inspiration from God, you believe he is wrong? Please elaborate how one applies the acid test for truth if not accepting of all that is written by the hands of the men who were inspired by the Most High. Do you believe society and culture define morality and ethics. Please clarify.
And yet the Lord chose imperfect men to write down what He inspired them to write. Paul had clearly stated when something was from himself rather than the Lord, and stated that all else is from the Lord. Are you now saying that we are all qualified to differentiate, on some unnamed, undefined, subjective basis, what is acceptable and what is not as originating from God?
Jr
I need to do an intensive study on this, and this discussion has inspred me to do so, but that will take some time.
For now I will say, in at least one instance, Paul is addressing a church that is out of line; too many people speaking at once, prophesying without an interpreter, getting drunk, leaving some hungry...
We may be taking Paul's letter out of context, and there also may be things left unsaid. In the context of a disorderly church, some women may have been speaking out and possibly arguing or questioning ( thus, ask your husbands at home) the speaker during the service, which no one, neither man nor woman should do.
God showed me this very thing once when during a church service, the Pastor's wife began arguing with the Pastor, her husband, about his teaching on tithing. It was inappropriate, and extremely rude. So Paul may have been addressing a certain church with certain problems going on, which when you look at the order he gives for speaking in tongues, it is clear he was.
In another instance, he specified "I", making it clear it was his view, not everyone's, and I suspect there is some further debate going on which we are not privy to.
When Paul was determined to go to Rome, and everyone told him not to, including 4 virgin prophetsses (implied in context, not absolute), and everyone told him the Spirit was telling him not to go, he went his own way anyway.
Who was right?
I do not know.
I point this out to say everything is not cut and dried in the Bible, like when Peter got the vision that everything was okay to eat, turning God's previous law on it's head.
God does not change, but sometimes his requirements do...best case in point, Jesus' sacrifice and faith replacing keeping the law to be saved. And yet, we are still commanded to keep the bulk of the law, but not the letter...meaning not getting hung up on every fine detail