Thread: Extending biblical teaching into areas not explicitly addressed by Scripture
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Old 12-31-2007, 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by cih1355 View Post
If one were to extend biblical teaching into areas not explicitly addressed by Scripture, how would one know if he is trying to find out something that God does not want people to know or something that is beyond the comprehension of what people can understand?
If Scipture is silent on a issue, then one cannot extend biblical teaching into that area. So the antecedent condition that you gave can never be met.
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