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To me, the greatest evidence or manifestation of love, is God's gift of His Son for us. His agape love is expressed through sending His Son to die for us. This is revealed to us in the scriptures.
The recorded teachings in the scriptures teach us to examine ourselves. God bless.
The Holy Spirit tells me the Bible (all of it) is God's Holy Word. Why should I believe you when you say otherwise?
Why shouldn't I believe the Apostle Paul when he says, "All Scripture..."
You can't tell me anything about Christ that's not in "a book".
Can you tell me about him from the age of twelve to thirty, given that you have "All Scripture" or the book of his life?
Since the definition of love is given in 1 Cor 13 there is nothing to disagree about. All the disputes about scripture and beliefs are just human vanity and hubris run wild.
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Originally Posted by justtitans
You yourself, always talk about how we shouldn't follow what scripture say, but you are in agreement with that scripture, but that is confusing because how would you know that scripture to be true but not other scripture? It comes off as though you are cherry picking, what you want to believe in the Bible.
I never said we should not follow what scripture says! I said we must TEST the Spirit of what scripture says using the Holy Spirit (Comforter) of agape love and what God has "written in our hearts." Blind believers refuse to do so. The whole reason for the New Covenant is because the words "written in ink" and stone did NOT work! Those who continue to rely on them instead of the Spirit reject the New Covenant. They do NOT believe Christ abides with us. They do NOT trust what is in their hearts in agape love under the guidance of the Comforter. In short, they do NOT believe Christ.
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Originally Posted by nateswift
So, Mystic, do you have a standard answer ready to paste? By now you should considering the number of times this question has been asked and answered. justtitans, just think for a moment about what has been said about WHY scripture is not authority in itself and what we need to do to follow Christ instead of a book.
I keep trying to word it a little bit differently each time, nate . . . rather than paste. Doesn't seem to matter. I don't think they are actually reading my responses.
We will all eventually die and be held accountable for our life here on earth.
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