Terry wrote > I cannot understand fully plus fully. It does not compute.
Not even when it's been explained to you? Hmmmmmmm. It sounds to me like you are not trying. You once spoke of your 130 IQ. What do you do with the 90% you are ignoring? Send it over to me if you like; I'll put it to work :>) Bill > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry Clifton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org> > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 7:33 PM > Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers > > > > Bill Taylor wrote: > > > > >Terry wrote > I obviously see things in a much less complex manner than > you, and I cannot quite grasp why it is so important to dissect every word > and argue over things none of us can fully understand. You were just as > saved before you knew Greek as you are now. > > > > > >I think that when Paul wrote his letters that he simply expected them to > be read. I don't think he meant for them to be put under a microscope, or > for people who claim Christ to foam at the mouth because we can't agree if a > word means this or that. I am afraid that Satan is using all this to drive > a wedge between people who are commanded to love one another. > > > > > >You probably won't agree, but it is worth thinking about. Terry > > > > > > > > >Oh contrar, Terry. I do agree with you. When Paul wrote his letters, his > readers could simply read them and they did not need to put them under a > microscope, and this is because they spoke Greek and they lived in the > culture relevant to those words. But now two thousand years later, in a > culture far removed from theirs and speaking a language other than Greek, we > have a responsibility to read Paul (and all Scripture) with the utmost care; > and if that means arguing over the meaning of words, then thank God for > those who have learned the language and preserved their meaning. > > > > > >Surely you will now also agree with me that it will not do for us to > redefine words on whims just to make them fit with our arguments (which is > what DeHaan did, and which is why I went to the effort of posting the > definition of metecho from so many sources). To do that is as wrong as > anything the SP types are up in arms about. And if left unchecked, it will > have a far greater reaching detrimental effect on all of humanity than any > of the behavioral sins. And this is because when words lose their meaning, > we lose our standard by which to determine right from wrong behavior. > > > > > >Bill > > > > > >Oh, and was yours a nice way of saying that you disagree with Judy? I'll > ask the question again: Do you believe that Jesus did not have two natures, > that he was not fully God and fully man? > > > > > > > > ================================================= > > Like I indicated earlier, I do not dwell at length on these things, but > > just off the top of my head, I would say that since He had God for a > > father and a human for a mother, he would be a hybred. God and human > > combined. Since God is far more powerful than man, I would assume that > > the characteristics of the Father would be dominant. I can understand > > part this and part that. I cannot understand fully plus fully. It does > > not compute. If you have a cup full of coffee and pour in a cup of > > milk, what does not run over is still a cup, but it is a mixture, no > > longer fully this and fully that. > > Hope this answers your question. Nothing carved in stone, but the best > > I can come up with. If you do not agree, it is no big deal. He is my > > Savior. That is enough. > > Terry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------- > > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may > know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) > http://www.InnGlory.org > > > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a > friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > > > > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
