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In diverse ways and sundry times God spoke directly to the fathers, but in the last days he was not direct but instead spoke through the intermediary that was His Son. He walked with Enoch and Adam! That level of contact has definitely lessened.

The fact of existence reveals that there is existence. The fact that thee is existence doesn't in and of itself reveal how existence came about or what acted or was acted upon to cause the beginning of what we know as existence. Revelation provides addresses these topics and attempts to give an...

Can you substantiate this claim scripturally? So if a person has the spirit, do they even need to know the Bible?

It's not about belief, it's about what the Bible says.

Without a reliable point of reference, how can these details about a being be known? The qualities of God are revealed in and confirmed by scripture. Without scripture and detailed Adam and Apostle-like 1st person interactive revelations, any ideas one may have about the qualities of God are...

Those individuals each had a physical interaction with God. Those patriarchs are said to have had experience we do not have and are not promised to have.

You misunderstand my point. The point is that in John 14, Jesus was SPECIFICALLY speaking to his disciples. The John 17 text addresses those coming afterwards, chapter 14 does NOT. Does Genesis 6 instruct every reader to build an Ark or is it specific to Noah's family? It is poor biblical...

Can you know the Lord without knowing the Bible?

On a scale, how would you rank your scriptural knowledge? Additionally, what about your understanding of scripture?

SO studying the BIBLE is leaning on one's own understanding according to what you are saying?

Context is everything. In the verse you quoted, to whom was Jesus addressing? If you think it's all Christians, as opposed to those who had walked with, talked with, and taught personally 2000 years ago. He's LITERALLY telling THEM that the Spirit will teach THEM and bring to THEIR remembrance...

Never knock studying as studying leads to understanding of a subject. If you don't study something, you are very likely not going to be able to understand it (2 Tim 2:15). Well, I certainly can't read it with another person's understanding now can I? Though this statement is a bit playful, it...

I guess an agreement must be reached as it pertains to what "you" actually means or what a person means when using the term. When I use the term I am referring to the "entirety of the person." This would include the personality, thoughts, as well as arms, legs, and height. I wouldn't say that a...

I make the claim because it's true. People, and yes most who proclaim to be Christians don't know the Bible, have never read it cover to cover, and are at best only familiar with "memory verse" texts. As far as who I am as it relates to scriptural knowledge. I have read, studied, and used the...

Good day! I don't think most people are actively engaging in deceit or are trying to fake anything. People genuinely believe in what they believe in. Beliefs give comfort, hope, and provide answers (not necessarily correct ones) to things yet unknown. Those are valuable things for people. One...

That has not been established. Again, an assertion surmising that who one thinks they are, can't be who they actually are. Where's the proof for such an assertion? Not to delve too far into the realm of philosophy but it sounds like part of what you wrote addresses the idea that what someone is...

This statement, as eloquent and appealing as it sounds, lacks evidence that it is anything more than an assertion on your part. What can be done to test YOUR ASSERTION against reality tosee whether it has merit?

Wow, just wow. You are clinging to the hope of taking this discussion from that of morality to one of racial-something. If you insist, I will indulge what you say and specifically address your statements without adding any conjecture. 1. White shaming is not the intent of this thread...

I didn't blame Blueberry at all. Are you actually reading the discourse or have you come to a faulty conclusion based on cherry-picking dialogue from its context so you can point accusatory fingers and name call? My quote was directed at a specific statement by my "contemporary." Let me rehash...

Never said or implied that. You're creating a false enemy by asserting a narrative for me that YOU are creating. Let's not waste time disagreeing about something we don't actually disagree on. The point I have asserted is that we (human beings) have made ourselves the moral arbitrators of this...