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...Are you saying the Holy Spirit is not able to guide a person into truth unless they read the bible in the original languages?
Wouldn't that limit the ability of the Holy Spirit to guide into truth and place the emphasis on man? And is their not a danger, if that was the case man could become proud of his own abilities, rather than God's ability to teach him?
Wouldn't that limit the ability of the Holy Spirit to guide into truth and place the emphasis on man? And is their not a danger, if that was the case man could become proud of his own abilities, rather than God's ability to teach him?
MY POINT has been all along, a Genuine born again Christian will ALWAYS strive to OBEY. Like Dr. John MacArthur put is: A genuine Christian is not sinless, but he or she will sin less, and less, and less, as they mature spiritually.
As for the part of the TRIUNE DEITY that has the TITLE: "SON of GOD", His major function has ALWAYS been to do the Will of the Father. AND THAT TITLE does not designate that HE is the offspring of GOD, but rather that HE is the only one the Father has given the right to inherit all that HE has, including HIS DEITY. That is an ongoing custom in ISRAEL even today, the father can give the inheritance birthright TITLE to anyone he so chooses to give the birthright "SON of" TITLE to.
Philippians 2:6-10 (KJV)
[SUP]6 [/SUP] Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
[SUP]7 [/SUP] But made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
[SUP]8 [/SUP] And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
[SUP]9 [/SUP] Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name:
[SUP]10 [/SUP] That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
John 17:5 (HCSB)
[SUP]5 [/SUP] Now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with that glory I had with You before the world existed.
Now why did Abraham keep the law? Maybe the law was already written in his hart by ABBA Father but Israel was so corrupted by Egypt that God had to give it to Moses in writing for them to acknowledge it. Israel believed when they saw something, and it took them 40 years to break the bondage of sin and religion they were part of in Egypt.
The law was written in man's hart before ABBA Father gave it to Moses. The 10 commandments God gave Moses was a confirmation of what Israel already knew. They were so corrupted by Egypt that they believed a golden calf could represent God and that they will be able to satisfy God with this moulded image. Imagine the corruption of God's word if He never gave Israel the ten commandments... They were being corrupted by Egypt just like we are corrupted by Egypt (our sinful life) until we turn to God, and yes then His commandments are written in our harts.
The commandments are the character of God and He teaches us how to build our relationship with Him.
The law was written in man's hart before ABBA Father gave it to Moses. The 10 commandments God gave Moses was a confirmation of what Israel already knew. They were so corrupted by Egypt that they believed a golden calf could represent God and that they will be able to satisfy God with this moulded image. Imagine the corruption of God's word if He never gave Israel the ten commandments... They were being corrupted by Egypt just like we are corrupted by Egypt (our sinful life) until we turn to God, and yes then His commandments are written in our harts.
The commandments are the character of God and He teaches us how to build our relationship with Him.