tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post3467917237748583664..comments2023-12-22T08:29:29.230-08:00Comments on WHAT IS TRUTH: The Priority of What the Bible Doesn't SayKent Brandenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-75366402385792930082012-01-05T16:51:02.616-08:002012-01-05T16:51:02.616-08:00Given that Cain gave to God an offering from land ...Given that Cain gave to God an offering from land which God had just recently cursed, we can see that Cain's idea was good on the surface - giving an offering (Method) - but wrong in practice (Tool)becasue he did not perhaps comprehend the whole picture.<br />As Jesus said "I and the Father are one!" (John 10:30), this gives Him a better chance than we have in getting either the Method or the Tools correct.<br />Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it, and for the Church that means repeating the heresies of the past. Our Church fathers have gone through all this for almost 2000 years, yet we keep inventing old issues. (I've just been reading about Scottish Refrom Prophets - an oxymoron in todays terms but just forgotten about).<br />Perhaps we need to spend more time studying Church history and even more time listening to the Lord before we act. Jesus did that and it seemed to work for him :)Angus MacKillophttp://www.hiskingdomprophecy.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-32666079358108393782012-01-03T12:07:24.980-08:002012-01-03T12:07:24.980-08:00Thanks for the good comments. Very informative an...Thanks for the good comments. Very informative and added to the post. Thank you!Kent Brandenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-48813482504431661082012-01-03T10:07:02.221-08:002012-01-03T10:07:02.221-08:00Hi, Kent, thanks for another thought-provoking pos...Hi, Kent, thanks for another thought-provoking post.<br /><br />Of course, when people say that doing what the Bible says doesn't work, they get it right. Preaching doesn't work, it's just foolishness.<br /><br />The whole point is that nothing we do really works in terms of lasting spiritual benefit. I can't make the wind blow or the Spirit move (John 3). Fortunately, God works. If He doesn't, it is simply the work of man and fits very nicely in the wood, hay, and stubble category.<br /><br />Sometimes, because God is a gracious God, He will even work when people do things contrary to what pleases Him. But if you want to have something that really lasts, you are far better making sure you please the Master rather than putting human hindrances in the way of His work.<br /><br />We CAN be pragmatic, but true pragmatism says, "What should I do that is most consistent with (and least likely to hinder) the real work of God being done by the One whose work is always done right?"<br /><br />If I am a tool in the Master's hand, I'd better cut where, when and how He wants me to cut, to strike the nails that He wants me to strike, etc. And for that, we look first, second, and third to Scripture. When I've driven every nail that He has already told me to drive, cut every board that He said in His Word to cut, and drilled every hole that He said to drill, then maybe I can start looking around for some other things to do. Since I'm just barely started on what the Word says to do, I'm not sure I need to be looking too far afield for more.<br /><br />May the Lord bless your service for Him in this new year.Jon Gleasonhttp://www.mindrenewers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-67488705326660019752012-01-03T09:36:20.188-08:002012-01-03T09:36:20.188-08:00So many don't understand the difference betwee...So many don't understand the difference between methods and tools. The methods for obeying the Great Commission and worshipping God God are set by God. The tools are different in different times. <br /><br />Methods include preaching, writing, singing, playing on instruments, baptizing, observing the Lord's supper. Tools to carry out the methods may be microphones, cd's, shiny plates for the unleavened bread, cars, radio waves, computers, paper, etc. <br /><br />You could have communion with wooden plates, shiny plates, paper towels, or just passing hand to hand. What you can't change is the method of declaring the Gospel by eating the unleavened bread and drinking the unfermented juice in remembrance of the Lord Jesus. God has authorized this method of "shewing forth the Lord's death."<br /><br />He has not authorized passion plays, for instance, for declaring the Gospel. <br /><br />The argument that "well the Bible doesn't say we can't" is very immature. That is like my child saying, "Well, you never said I couldn't stand on top of the house and crow like a rooster every morning." I don't have to say "don't do everything." They have been told what to do in the morning. They need to do that.<br /><br />The Lord's churches have been told what to do. They need to stick with that.Bobbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-80735599557007791912012-01-03T08:55:56.328-08:002012-01-03T08:55:56.328-08:00I remember having a conversation with my sons that...I remember having a conversation with my sons that started out, "I can't anticipate every boneheaded thing you might do and tell you not to do it ahead of time . . ."<br /><br />This is why we have Philippians 1:9-10.d4v34xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346680257860879900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-27518768236480633172012-01-03T06:47:30.977-08:002012-01-03T06:47:30.977-08:00Great article! So much of this goes on all around ...Great article! So much of this goes on all around us. "Professing themselves to be wise [unbiblically], they became fools." Romans 1:22Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com