How do you know?
Jesus said to judge a tree by its fruit and you're telling Jesus you don't have to do what he says. If you want to say an apple tree is an orange tree, that's your call. You're still wrong, but it's not going to make you believable.
Your unbelievable, you show yourself of not having any knowledge or understanding what Jesus ment by Judge a tree by it's fruit. This being two folded,
Does what a person say line to to what the Bible will say so are they just speaking into the wind. are they following to what the Bible will say or are they just making up as they go along.
It looks like you, yourself has no knowledge or understanding what the will say or confirm's.
And you've been tested on the bible and its history to see if you're qualified to talk about it?
I don't need to be tested, what the Bible, has to say and confirm's.
You do seeing you have no knowledge or understanding about what the Bible confirms.
Why were books debated for the canon?
Maybe if you get an understanding as to who guided those, to have certain books put to complete the Bible, So that it would be a beneficial to those who read the Bible.
*tries to work out the grammatical logic of this statement* No double negatives, but this is a triple negative, sorta, so ...?
Or they are, but they no longer commit idolatry? I worship God, not a book.
Again you show yourself as ignorant of the fact, that the bible as being God's word.
The bible is here, to help people to know what God expects and want people to know why certain things were done.
So what your saying is, that if you went to buy a new car, you would never look at the owners manual to see what the manufacture of the car, has to say how to keep the car in it's good running state.
But you would just take wild guess's, oh maybe this will work or that will work.
The bible is God's manual for us to know what is good for us to obtain eternal life.
Without the bible, how would you know how to judge the tree by its fruit ?
Unless owners manual ( bible ) told you how to judge the tree by it's fruit ?
It seems your double talking yourself, to say you don't need the Bible, but yet you quote things from the bible, that you say you don't need. What's up with all that Go Figure.
According to whom specifically in the bible? And why should we believe the person I feel you will say said it?
Again you show yourself as being ignorant. If to what you say is correct and you did say and I quote ( And why should we believe the person I feel you will say said it)
Then why test what you don't believe in nor care about ?
There's a reason herbal supplement makers don't want to fall under the FDA.
And why is Gideon allowed to have God take tests to prove His godness if we're not allowed to?
Again you show your ignorance,
Because Gideon wanted to make sure he was getting the right message from the right God and not from the false god.
If I were to get a message I'd want to know who is exactly is giving the message. Is it from God himself or is it from the false god that leads people astray. Of not checking to see who exactly is giving the message first. Is it God himself or the false god ?
Why?
I don't confuse texts with deities.
We wouldn't even HAVE a New Testament had Jesus not criticized the Old one.
If Jesus can criticize, why can't we?
Again you show your ignorance. Jesus never criticized the old testament, why would Jesus criticize his own word.
Your sure not making any sense there.
Again you show your ignorance of not knowing exactly who Jesus is ?
A "True Christian" would follow Jesus' example, no?
Why would a True Christian criticize Jesus words.
I wonder if Faith would just buy a car off any salesman without looking up carfax or something.
I've bought many cars in my day, before there was any Carfax. By my experience of buying cars tells me what to look for, when buying a car.
Just like my experience of studying the Bible, tells me what the letter of the word in the bible is saying, and what the Spirit of the word in the Bible is saying.
Therefore you have two aspects of the bible. One being the letter of the word that is in the Bible.
And the spirit of the word that is in the Bible.
This why Jesus said--"It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing:
the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life"John 6:63.
Therefore, there are two aspects in the Bible, one being the letter of the word
in the Bible. Which is written down.
And the other is the spirit of the word, which Jesus spoke about. Which is not written down, but takes Spiritual awareness to see and understand,
What is written down.
Here's a good example in the book of Matthew 24:2 Jesus said in talking about the temple buildings, "There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down"
Now over in Israel you have what the Jews calls the wailing wall, and it's part of the temple buildings, but yet it's still standing.
So when does that wall come down,
to fulfil the prophecy that Jesus gave there shall not be one stone left upon another ?
Jesus fortold throughout Matthew 24, when that will happen?
Now Remember the words that Jesus speaks are spirit. So do you know and understand what the Spirit of the word is saying, In Matthew 24 ?
That when the fulfillment of the prophecy that Jesus gave in Matthew 24:2, comes to it's fulfillment ?
And I actually managed to drive through the end of a rainbow one day and no pot of gold. I felt crushed.
The bible isn't a single book and doesn't have a single purpose. It can be as simple as determining whether a translation is accurate to the original language copy. It can also be complex, like studying the behaviors of certain groups to see if they are truly like the bible said they were.
And your qualifications are?
If I'm spending lots of money on a tire that supposedly won't go flat, yes, I want proof before I pay for it and put it on my car. Do you just buy anything you see in commercials?
If a spirit is telling you something is in the bible when it isn't, I'd pick another spirit to listen to.
