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tell your pope that! hmmmmm.... of course one must point the finger in an attempt to take the heat off oneself

Is the written text made into God? Is there confusion between the printed page and the word made flesh? Jesus said, 'you have heard said but I say unto you......etc'. In other words, Jesus overrides and gives the written text its place. The written text is subservient to Jesus'...

Ultimately, Jesus is the word of God. Reading scripture without the lens of Jesus short changes the reader. Giving lip service to that lens is one thing, using it is quiet another.

Determining what is intended as literal and what is intended as figurative and getting it right is the essence of wisdom. One cannot join the dots well if fudging to underpin a predetermined outcome is practiced.

Ohhh marks, I'm not stating a position one way or the other in my post......but it's clear from your reply that you think I'm affirming whatever you imagine I'm affirming. Herein is an example of how one hears. Allow me to expand on this. You have taken my words and pulled them through your...

Religious mumbo jumbo!

Interpreting language as it is intended is the realm of wisdom, marks. The same word can be applied as literal or figurative. Context reveals its intent.

We do not see because our paradigm expects and determines something else ViJ.....it doesn't matter whether it's plastic on the beach or pushing language so it means other than intended.

You say you want conversation Mm yet you disqualify yourself in comments like the one above! You categorise yourself as patient yet name calling tells the truth!

it makes absolute sense!

Soo, is anyone asking what is going on here? ie the swords thing. It appears not.

What I'm asking MD is, did Namrata have an inflamed thyroid for the Doctor to prescribe the medicine or was it prescribed as a preemptive measure?

do we 'fear' God because he has an attitude of destruction towards sinners or are we drawn to him because his mercy is greater and outside of anything we can comprehend? ie, what the carnal man can imagine. How do we determine this? .....is it not by seeing God in action in Jesus?

what do you mean MD by 'increasing the power'?

the assumption is that God's wrath is overt killing

The God of Jesus put himself on display. He revealed his responses in the face of of threat. This is how God is. God is not like man who cares only for himself.....God gives his life for his enemies.

'do not resist an evil man' sounds plain and its meaning easy enough to understand. The fact that men do not want to understand it is testimony to the dominance of the carnal nature.

God's weapons are not those of evil. Jesus amply demonstrated this!

Let's save souls for Jesus but kill them if they get nasty. This message in reality is, don't give a tinkers toss for dysfunctional people....eliminate them. How do we interpret Jesus' words 'don't resist an evil man' ? Matthew 5:29

Hey Heather!