[GCFL-discuss] Out of the Book?

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Wow Siarlys, I never thought you would stoop so low as to put words in my
mouth. <End anger>

This one time and only one time, I must agree with you, I never meant it
the way it came out. To those who read what I posted I'm sorry, what my
brain said and my fingers typed were two different items. My appologies
to all.

God bless you,
Lance
John 8:32 "You will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free."

On Thu, 20 May 2004 19:51:13 -0500 gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net writes:
> Lance, this is truly incredible. You have thrown away all four 
> gospels as
> irrelevant, because Jesus was still alive, belittled everything 
> Jesus
> taught, because he wasn't dead when he said it, and imply that 
> Jesus
> couldn't talk about what the significance of his death and 
> resurrection
> would be, because he didn't know until it happened. Those who 
> suggest
> that Paul was the founder of Christianity, not Jesus, would be very
> pleased by your analysis -- which I note lacks any Scriptural 
> foundation.
> 
> I am sure this was not your intent, I do not mean to imply that you 
> WOULD
> throw away the gospels or excise all the red text from the Bible. 
> But
> that is where this argument leads.
> 
> Siarlys
> 
> On Wed, 19 May 2004 22:06:34 -0700 gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net writes:
> >You forget a HUGE detail Siarlys, Jesus hadn't died. Therefore
> >forgiveness of sin through the blood of Christ wasn't possible ...
> >YET.
> >
> >Therefore at that point the Law was still salvation. Christ died, 
> and
> >re-wrote the salvation book. It's called Mercy and forgiveness, 
> now
> >the Law? What do we do with it, we seek to follow it because God 
> gave
> >it to us for a reason.
> >
> >LAnce
> 
> P.S. I agree on mercy and forgiveness. I just don't know of any 
> basis in
> the Gospels for concluding that either Jesus or the Father are so 
> stingy
> with either that they would condemn everyone in the world who failed 
> to
> embrace a particular doctrine about either. And most certainly 
> Jesus
> taught that the letter of the Law was of little or no significance 
> to
> God, it was living the spirit of the Law that counted -- for 
> example,
> healing on the Sabbath. How then can we reduce Salvation to a 
> single
> formula, akin to a provision of the old Law?