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Where the emphasis a person puts on scripture reveals what they see and don't see. The Scribes and Pharisee's did not understand the Messiah's mission. How could that have been the case when Jesus showed the guys on the road to Emmaus the things concerning himself from Moses and all the...

Why would one bother to calculate it anyway? There are many more worthwhile pursuits, for example, the conversation Jesus had with the two on the road to Emmaus. Jesus tells them in their disappointment, that the things transpired in the last few days were were revealed in the scriptures...

Isn't your reply here Behold, one of self justification and then trying to pass it off as not being your opinion/ interpretation? .isn't that denial?.....and isn't self justification a mirror of self righteousness.

I s'pose freedom of speech allows for all manner of comments!

I'm not asking you to prove anything Johann, and why your curiosity re my role?....is it relevant? My comment is about emphasis....and in this conversation it is about yours. :)

Could it include your opinion?....the one you are so sure of; the one which has you pointing your finger at the 'flawed' opinions of others?

Consider where your underlying emphasis/ direction is.....in your above question.

Could 'self righteousness' be being right in ones own opinion?

I'm sure you can figure it out.

Where is your emphasis Johann? Is it one of being right and that of self justification or is it one where others get a vision of something greater than themselves?

Evidence that we have missed it is revealed in where our emphasis is. Are we wanting to introduce folk to a lover or are we wanting to be right? They are not the same.

What do you think 'believing in Christ' constitutes, Harold?

Intent is brought to our understanding by Spirit. Cognition plays a role only if it is submitted to God's guidance. The Spirit's guidance points us to one thing; God's revelation of himself in human form.....Jesus. Don't miss it!

Who needs Greek when one is in love? There is a heart wooing us with unprecedented kindness and do we dissect the hand which strokes us? Is it possible to miss the intent by majoring on the anatomy?

.....and we are to pray for them!

The Spirit is greater than emotion. The pagans created their gods from imagination, replicating the created order.

Hello Selah, I promise I won't make you jump through any hoops :)

Are we called to be judges or ambassadors? Are we called to threaten or give hope? Are we called to tell people what their reality is or present a better one? Are we called to be fishers of men using dynamite or by wooing them? Are we called to be right or long suffering?

I think so

Do threats speak well of God?