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Originally Posted by DinoDillinger
Do you take the postion that the Apocrypha is not Holy Scripture or that it is?
From the brief search I did it appears that those are writings that would be put in the Old Testement anyway. Which I would think important for someone of the position of Christians being under the old covenant. The reading of the scriptures themselves is to no avail unless your empowered by the Holy Spirit in the first place. I guess you would say that the Holy Spirit lead you to discard the teachings of Paul and not your rational deduction correct? If that is the case why would you and like minded believers attack those who do accept his writings with passages highlighted for your own private interreptation however you consider it inspired? Would you cast off part of the bible if someone came to you and said look at this passage I highlighted, doesn't that sound different than what (insert apostle here) says over here? Satan himself attacked Jesus with manipulated parts of scripture.
You sow discord among the body and attempt to cast believers into condemnation. That is the fruit of your labor.
( I was gonna quote scripture here, but hey, it was in an epistle of Paul, so what's the point?)
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I haven't reached a conclusion on the Apocrypha yet, but I'm still studying it.
Also, I've never attacked someone on this site. I think you've misinterpreted me. I am here only to make people think, and to learn from you just as I hope you can learn from me.
As to why I reject Paul's writings as inspired, it was only after much prayer and study that I felt led by G-d to reject Paul's writings as inspired. Not to reject them completely, as many non-Scriptural writings can be beneficial to a believer's walk with G-d, including Paul's writings, but to reject them as Scripture.