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Absolutely wrong! Any lessening of contact is because people have moved away from Him. Because of what Jesus did on the cross and because of the pouring out of the Holy Spirit, a closer level of contact is now possible for anyone, whereas in the OT it was only possible for a very few. Others in...

"For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise." II Cor 10:12

Yes, indeed! The Holy Spirit and works by and through the Holy Spirit are always relevant!

To me that is nonsense! Since when is the Truth determined by the majority? How many adult men out of 600,000 saved out of Egypt made it into the Promised Land? Only 2! That is a long ways from even 1%, but they were right and the others were wrong! Jesus was willing to walk alone rather than...

We can only know whatever we, know rather than believe, based God's revelation of it to us. A 'dyed in the wool' unbelieving atheist can have the whole Bible memorized and not know the answer to your question. The difference is the Holy Spirit! Being a Bible student, don't you already know that...

Keep on keepin' on!

My method of reading is similar, but in my case I read the KJV and do most of my comparisons with my Spanish and German translations as I read those regularly as well. I won't say I never listen to men for I am here on this forum and reading what other post. But, I do, with God's help, sift...

So we are in agreement that there is still a lot of confusion among people, believers even. We do know that God is not the author of that.

A lot of the talk here has very little directly to do with the ECF.

To correctly rebuke the false teaching of anyone, a person must know absolutely that the teaching is in error. Only God and anyone to whom He has revealed it knows that. Probably many true followers of Christ have been martyred because someone was sure in his own mind that another was in error...

My primary English translation is the KJV, but there a lot of people who read that Bible who disagree with you and disagree with me on points of scripture... so the Bible alone will not resolve people's differences if they need to be resolved.

I did understand your point. I know some Christians who in part believe the same thing using it as a basis for leaving all interpretation of the Bible to certain designated persons. Like them you have decided how things are. But I really believe God really intended for those who have the...

What should such people who are never able to understand the original languages do?

So then are you saying that anyone who cannot or does not for good reason or bad is lost?

Who is supposed to read any part of or all parts of the written scriptures? The scriptures were not written only for those who were physically there to here the words formed by his physical lips, tongue and vocal cords. Why then have you decided that only those physically present to hear his...

Nothing wrong with that for some people but not everyone has the ability or aptitude to follow that pathway successfully. Are only those able to do what you suggest then able to be saved? What happened to the leading of the Holy Spirit? How many people were saved when most people in world...

When we read our printed Bibles, are we not trusting that God guided the efforts of those who transcribed and translated what was first written by down as men were anointed to write. Many, like myself, don't read Hebrew or Aramaic or Koine Greek so who are we trusting when we read a Bible...

Must we trust only those people who are now able to read with understanding what was written in the original languages? What is the purpose of the Holy Spirit in a person?

I am certainly not OSAS, but I also believe that even a person in that group who sincerely believes God and gives his all to God and trusts God and endures to the end... will be saved. Ultimately some differences like this may not matter as long as the heart is right with God all the way...

The cost for us is very high, but certainly more than worth the price... Also there is this: "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service." Rom 12:1