Working together for peace and mutual edification

[Reddogs]

Let us be reminded of the words of the Apostle Paul, who exhorted us to strive towards those things which edify each other and aim for peace. That we as Christ's body would work together to reveal the profound truths of God's word, and to bring inner peace with an eye towards eternal salvation.

Romans 14:19
King James Version
19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

[RabbiKnife]

You seem to be the only one pushing a cultic agenda, which none of us are really interested in.

So I would expect doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different conversation is well, you know.

[Athanasius]

I rewrote the OP so that it isn't a Romans 14 proof text.

[Reddogs]

I rewrote the OP so that it isn't a Romans 14 proof text.

Thanks my friend, that works for me...

[IMINXTC]

You seem to be the only one pushing a cultic agenda, which none of us are really interested in.

So I would expect doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different conversation is well, you know.

Yes. Edification begins with sound doctrine, which begins with a rightful dividing, which clearly means a contextual rendering of the Word.


A massive blitzkrieg of scripture verses in support of some fixation is neither edifying nor contextual.

[Reddogs]

You seem to be the only one pushing a cultic agenda, which none of us are really interested in.

So I would expect doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different conversation is well, you know.

Yes. Edification begins with sound doctrine, which begins with a rightful dividing, which clearly means a contextual rendering of the Word.


A massive blitzkrieg of scripture verses in support of some fixation is neither edifying nor contextual.

Yes, but if we are not using 'sola scriptura' and just philosophy or 'oh vey', is that 'edifying' or 'contextual'. And dont you all hold that to that Gods Word is truth that brings us to what He desires.

[RabbiKnife]

You seem to be the only one pushing a cultic agenda, which none of us are really interested in.

So I would expect doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different conversation is well, you know.

Yes. Edification begins with sound doctrine, which begins with a rightful dividing, which clearly means a contextual rendering of the Word.


A massive blitzkrieg of scripture verses in support of some fixation is neither edifying nor contextual.

Yes, but if we are not using 'sola scriptura' and just philosophy or 'oh vey', is that 'edifying' or 'contextual'. And dont you all hold that to that Gods Word is truth that brings us to what He desires.

The key is “rightly dividing.”

Scripture projectile vomit of every instance of the use of a word one finds in Strongs is as useless as horns on a brass goat.

[Reddogs]

What would you suggest we use, the Torah or Qur'an...? Gods Word is given to edify and guide believers, take that out and all you have is philosophy of man to say nothing of confusion....

[Reddogs]

You seem to be the only one pushing a cultic agenda, which none of us are really interested in.

So I would expect doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different conversation is well, you know.

Yes. Edification begins with sound doctrine, which begins with a rightful dividing, which clearly means a contextual rendering of the Word.


A massive blitzkrieg of scripture verses in support of some fixation is neither edifying nor contextual.

Whose doctrine, the RCC, Calvinism, Lutheran...? All have issues, Gods Word is true and by studying it we grasp them instead of relying on man and his traditions...

[Athanasius]

What would you suggest we use, the Torah or Qur'an...? Gods Word is given to edify and guide believers, take that out and all you have is philosophy of man to say nothing of confusion....

You already use the Torah. But what does this have to say with what RK shared?

[Fenris]

Yes, but if we are not using 'sola scriptura' and just philosophy or 'oh vey', is that 'edifying' or 'contextual'.

I know that 'sola scriptura' is a concept, but simply reading the text cannot be sufficient. One has to apply logic and mental tools to make full sense of what the text is telling us. It was Luther's genius that he was willing to do this separate from the corruption of the Catholic church.

And dont you all hold that to that Gods Word is truth that brings us to what He desires.

No. God's word is there to give us a choice. Deuteronomy 30:

Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.  It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”  Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, “Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?” No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.

 See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

 But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,  I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess.

 This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live  and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

[IMINXTC]

You seem to be the only one pushing a cultic agenda, which none of us are really interested in.

So I would expect doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different conversation is well, you know.

Yes. Edification begins with sound doctrine, which begins with a rightful dividing, which clearly means a contextual rendering of the Word.


A massive blitzkrieg of scripture verses in support of some fixation is neither edifying nor contextual.

Whose doctrine, the RCC, Calvinism, Lutheran...? All have issues, Gods Word is true and by studying it we grasp them instead of relying on man and his traditions...

This is a Bible forum. You are apparently unable or unwilling to advance your Adventist views through the Bible.

[Fenris]

This is a Bible forum. You are apparently unable or unwilling to advance your Adventist views through the Bible.

For example, he won't explain how he keeps the Sabbath, although I have asked him numerous times.

[RabbiKnife]

This is a Bible forum. You are apparently unable or unwilling to advance your Adventist views through the Bible.

For example, he won't explain how he keeps the Sabbath, although I have asked him numerous times.

Sayeth Prophet Phenris, Professor of Early Church History and New Testament Apologetics who understands better than many professing Christian…

[Fenris]

Sayeth Prophet Phenris, Professor of Early Church History and New Testament Apologetics who understands better than many professing Christian…

I appreciate the compliment, but don't tell my rabbi about it.