Beware Of The Crowd--The Many!

[ScottA]

And, sadly, that is your opinion based on your particular bias and theological understanding, for you alone.

Others may form a very different view based upon what other people may post.

Shalom

You are basing your comment on your assumption that I have been speaking my "opinion" and my own "theological understanding"--when I have told you that is not the case. Which shows you doing just what you have accused me of. Typical.

Which, by the way, by definition is not "peace."

 

[bdavidc]

It takes so little to spot your error!

Which is it "rightly dividing" or "wrongly splicing?" (Rhetorical) Dividing or separating is not "splicing"--meaning you are wrong from the get-go. Oh, and your opinion doesn't actually matter or count.

You are arguing against a metaphor instead of addressing the biblical issue.

“Rightly dividing the word of truth” does not mean separating verses from their contexts and recombining them however one wishes. Paul told Timothy to study so that he would be “a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15). The point is to handle God’s Word accurately.

“Wrongly splicing” describes taking portions of separate passages and joining them together to produce a meaning that neither passage teaches in its own context. Dividing correctly and splicing incorrectly are not the same action, so there is no contradiction in what I said.

You have again avoided showing from the context that your interpretation is actually what the passages teach. Telling me that my opinion does not matter proves nothing. My opinion is not the standard, and neither is yours. Scripture is the standard.

If you believe your interpretation is correct, demonstrate it from the words, grammar, and context of the passages. Otherwise, this has become nothing more than wordplay and personal dismissal. I have stated my position and supported it from Scripture. I will not continue repeating the same exchange.