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Pastor Larry,Originally posted by Pastor Larry:
You want explicit verses for this but you don't accept the authority of Scripture.
What kind of baseless argument is this? What in the world have you based this on? I don't accept the authority of Scripture? What gives you the right to say such a thing? I don't give all authority to Scripture, which is shared with the Christ-instituded Church body, but that does not in any way degrade my views of Scripture. Frankly, how dare you.
Well, let's just be universal. If my brother gets angry at me, and I hit him, does that mean I will hit him every time I get angry at him?Originally posted by Pastor Larry:
When I have given you explicit verses for things in the past, you have opted for your church's interpretation of them.
You have no justification for this statement. I'm not even looking for interpretation, and if a verse is EXPLICIT, it's not up for major misinterpretation; you're talking of implicit meanings. Furthermore, I asked for a verse, not your interpretation of it, nor mine. How can I misinterpret a verse you won't post? You're just picking on me to avoid having to provide evidence.
Thanks for judging my actions before I commit them. Would you like it if I said you appeal to your own idea of what is correct, based out of your own thoughts and emotions? No. So don't judge me when it's not appropriate to do so.Originally posted by Pastor Larry:
Were I to provide a specific verse, you would explain it away by appealing to the teaching magesterium.
Luke was an apostle? Paul was an apostle? Where is this in the Bible?Originally posted by Pastor Larry:
The answer to your question is addressed by the teaching of the NT about itself. Christ was clear that authority to write the NT was given to the apostles (John 14, 16).
From my New American Bible:
"And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, 17 the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it neither sees it or knows it."
The NIV version is very similar to this. I'm going to question your interpretation because I do not understand it, not because I don't agree with it. Where in this do you see that Christ is giving "the authority to write the NT?" It doesn't even talk about writing, but simply that they will have the Spirit of Truth. Nor does it talk about this revelation being closed at any point, and that it will end with the apostles.
Please help me understand your belief.
I'll need to know more about this verse interpretation before I can possibly understand how you derive this.Originally posted by Pastor Larry:
John, being the last living apostle, was of necessity the close of divine revelation.