I really like this post Silas 42...I consider Doctrine to be a potentially huge hinderance to The Gospels at times...This is after banging my head against the wall for more years then I care to admit to, deep inside all the doctrine I could get my hands on...The Human fallibility factor that comes with doctrine cant be ignored, at least by me anyway...Theirs something humorous about men attempting to speak for God... I truly believe mans biggest idol is his own thought processes, and conclusions from those thought processes that he holds so dear to himself, and is, at times, willing to even kill over. This in itself is the proof we have gone way past graven images of wood and gold, and jumped right to graven images that are images graven right into our own nuro pathways...If its not about the Love of Christ, and the kingdom, then we are all lost...Mans interpretations on these matters are, as someone else on this thread stated, "is like us puny men trying to draw a picture of the 10th dimension on a chalk board"...I hope I dident mess that quote to bad...Every year I stand, and look back on the putts I was the year before, if I dont see that putts, then I know I haven't grown a bit that year, but if I do see the growth, then I have to see the putts too. The way I view theology today is far different then I did some years ago...Its getting to look much simpler with each passing year. Love the Father/Love Christ/Love my Brothers/, obedience to Christs commands will in turn cover the 10 from Moses ... Just my own view, from here...Peace
Do you consider that believing what silas believes makes him a partaker of the Kingdom?
It amazes me that people talk about they love Jesus yet they will bedfellow the enemy.