Delivered said:
The Bible is written by men inspired by God.
It is the Word of God and throughout my life it has guided my life kept me out of more trouble than I could handle. It made sure that I never lost sight of the fact that I am a sinner and I made me know who I need to turn to for my, deliverance from sin, help, explanations, etc. Now you provide for me a copy of a quotation from me in which I stated that men like the pope etal and any human source takes president over the Bible, or for that matter, where did I say that a human source can provide a revelation equal to that of the Bible???
Any direct revelation from God is by its very nature equal in authority to the Bible, because it is from the mouth of God. So if someone claims to prophesy, and you accept that claim, then by necessity you must consider that prophecy as being on equal standing with Scripture, because both would be the Word of God.
In fact as much as you do not seem interested in what I have said by the way in which you have not noticed that the recurring theme in most of my posts is that God and God alone is the source of our Salvation and not even theology can equate or replace His Will for us. Theology is based on human understanding and the fact that we cannot earn Salvation though it is recited over and over it is not understood.
No one has said anything like this. Theology is the
study of God. It describes Him and His will for us by examining Scripture. It does not save us, no, but it explains to us how anyone arrives at salvation.
I say that a person can be drawn to God by God Himself as supported by John 6:44, 65 and you say that the only way that this can happen is by the preaching of the Gospel and reading of the Bible. All I am saying is that God choses to draw whomever, wherever, whenever and nothing we say can change this.
And according to the Scripture, He does so THROUGH THE PREACHING OF THE WORD, as Paul outlines in Rom. 10. God Himself has so revealed and so chosen this method of salvation. No one will be saved apart from the Gospel. So if someone today
never hears the Gospel, it is evident that he is reprobate and he will be condemned to hell.
Furthermore I also said that such revelations would have to be confirmed by a Bible text. I never said that this revelation should stand on it's on or that it is to overshadow the Bible. I suggested that we agree to disagree on this matter owing to the fact that it seems impossible for us to get past theological precepts. Whereas "that which is perfect" is now believed to be the Word of God by most theological camps, however perfect is applied to God Deut 32:4, 2 Samuel 22:31, Psalm 18:30, so I believe that "That which is perfect" in 1 Corinthians 13:10 describes the coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ. Is Christ not Perfect? Is He not coming again? Will not His coming put all theories and Partial understanding to rest?
What we're not getting past are THE SCRIPTURES, which you interpret
in light of your experiences rather than interpreting your experiences
in light of Scripture. The Greek word for "perfect" in I Cor. 13:10 is
teleios, which means "brought to an end, finished; needing nothing more for completeness; perfect." Has Scripture been "brought to an end, finished"? Doesn't Scripture "need nothing more for completeness"? Isn't Scripture "perfect"? Furthermore, how will faith and hope abide (I Cor. 13:13) when Christ comes again? Won't our faith be sight and our hope be reality?
