Acknowledged. If you want to have a better perspective on the Word of God, look at it through the eyes of those who wrote and preserved it.
Agreed
The Works of Mercy
THE CORPORAL ACTS
- To feed the hungry: "For I was hungry and you gave me to eat." Mt. 25:35
- To give drink to the thirsty: "...I was thirsty and you gave me to drink..." Mt. 25:35
- To clothe the naked: "I was...naked and you clothed me..." Mt. 25:36
- To visit the imprisoned: "I was in prison and you came to me." Mt. 25:36
- To shelter the homeless: "...I was a stranger and you took me in..." Mt. 25:35
- To visit the sick: "...I was sick and you cared for me..." Mt. 25:36
- To bury the dead: "Amen, I say to you, insofar as you did it for one of these least of my brothers, you did it for me." Mt. 25:40
THE SPIRITUAL ACTS
- To admonish the sinner: "...there will be more joy in Heaven at the repentance of one sinner than at ninety-nine of the righteous who had no need of repentance." Lk. 15:7
- To instruct the ignorant: "Go into the whole world and proclaim the good news to all creation." Mk. 16:15
- To counsel the doubtful: "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you...Let not your hearts be troubled..." Jn. 14:27
- To comfort the sorrowful: "Come to me, all you grown weary and burdened, and I will refresh you." Mt. 11:28
- To bear wrongs patiently: "...Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you." Lk. 6:27-28
- To forgive all injuries: "And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." Mt. 6:12
- To pray for the living and the dead: "Father, I desire that they, too, may be with me where I am..." Jn. 17:24
But, Kepha, you do acknowledge that the Bible is a not a religious rule book where we then commence to check off all these things that you have listed. Correct? But, the Christian, must be led of the Spirit. This keeps us from judging one another with a clipboard and pen, questioning others whether they are meeting their monthly MBO's (Management by Objectives). God does not have a checkoff sheet. He is our Father and we are His sons. He is conforming us to the image of Christ by His Spirit and working Christ's character (fruits of the Spirit) in all those who cooperate (yield to) with Him. This is relational in perspective, not organizational. The Body of Christ is Organic, not Robotic. There is a real, live HEAD to the BODY.
So, I do have a good perspective of the Word of God, and of course it is not now where I would like it to be. On the contrary, far from it, but I am trusting the Holy Spirit to continue to illuminate my Spirit with revelation. The Holy Spirit has led me to adjust many things in the last 35 years and I am sure He will correct me on more things in the future. The Holy Spirit wrote the word through men. I don't have to be able to see through the Apostle's and Prophet's eyes, I just need to see through the eyes of the ONE that gave them the words and inspired them to write them down.
I need to have "ears to hear" and "eyes to see" what the Spirit sayeth, not what man sayeth.
Revelation_2:7, "HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR
WHAT THE SPIRIT SAITH unto the churches;
Revelation_2:11, "HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR
WHAT THE SPIRIT SAITH unto the churches;
Revelation_2:17, "HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR
WHAT THE SPIRIT SAITH unto the churches;
Revelation_2:29, "HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR
WHAT THE SPIRIT SAITH unto the churches."
Revelation_3:6, "HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR
WHAT THE SPIRIT SAITH unto the churches."
Revelation_3:13, "HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR
WHAT THE SPIRIT SAITH unto the churches."
Revelation_3:22, "HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR
WHAT THE SPIRIT SAITH unto the churches."
Nothing about what man says.
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Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice..." (Heb_3:7)
"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;" (1 Tim_4:1)
And Jesus believes that His sheep can hear His voice.ALL Believers are SHEEP, right?
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: (John_10:27)
One thing you missed in your list is all the "one another's" in the NT. There are 22 "one another's".
They will increase your Corporal and Spiritual list. And it is a great list, but it is only part of the Bible in which only the Spirit can give the letter, LIFE.
I don't know whose website this is, but he has the "one anothers".
One Anothers
Kindly,
Axehead