Originally posted by Matt Black:
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Again I ask, the Word of God as interpreted by whom? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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The interpretation of the Bible by the apostles such as Hebrews writer cannot be argued, and furthermore, by the sincere believers should be trusted.
However, we cannot accept any interpretations by the murderers and adulterers.
Apparently these people were not the true believers at all. Please check these people:
http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1676.cfm
Apparently Arians were not trustworthy at all but they didn't kill the people as RC did.
Nestorians refused to call Mary as Mother of God and as a result they were condemned by Cyril and the people at that time. However, they never killed the people as Holy Roman Catholic did.
I would say to you that Bible should be interpretted by the true believers who have apparent testimony of Being Born Again, which is the minimum requirement.
For example, if we read the testimony by John Wesley, we can clearly believe that he was born again on May 24, 1738. Pascal has the testimony that he was born again in the night of Nov 23, 1654. Harry Ironside has it. Many of my friends have it, and I have it. You may point out that there are diversities even among the born again believers. Yes, there can be. But such dis-agreements are to be discussed and not to be too different.