turmeric
Megerator
This may be the wrong forum for this - if so, mods feel free to move it.
The subject came up on another thread about people saying that God told them this or that thing, that He is showing them things from the Scripture which seem heretical to others.
Personal example; I know a Dispensationalist who is sure God is showing her wonderful things about Himself in Biblical prophecy - that He's showing her His faithfulness in that He will keep His promises to national Israel in a future millennium - and I'm convinced that Covenant theology is showing me how wonderful God is and what Christ has done for us.
We both think God is speaking to us through Scripture - and we're hearing Him say contradictory things, which is impossible.
One of my Dispie friend's favorite statements is that "we should just read the Word, not the teachings of men" by which she means R.C.Sproul. Then she listens to David Hocking. Now the thing is that we are both reduced to "listening to the teachings of men" and we would have to because neither of us are experts on exegesis.
I just get scared sometimes that I'm just believing things I want to be true, instead of what is true. How do we know?
The subject came up on another thread about people saying that God told them this or that thing, that He is showing them things from the Scripture which seem heretical to others.
Personal example; I know a Dispensationalist who is sure God is showing her wonderful things about Himself in Biblical prophecy - that He's showing her His faithfulness in that He will keep His promises to national Israel in a future millennium - and I'm convinced that Covenant theology is showing me how wonderful God is and what Christ has done for us.
We both think God is speaking to us through Scripture - and we're hearing Him say contradictory things, which is impossible.
One of my Dispie friend's favorite statements is that "we should just read the Word, not the teachings of men" by which she means R.C.Sproul. Then she listens to David Hocking. Now the thing is that we are both reduced to "listening to the teachings of men" and we would have to because neither of us are experts on exegesis.
I just get scared sometimes that I'm just believing things I want to be true, instead of what is true. How do we know?