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So you suspect that anyone who formally studies God Word is a Pharisee in your uneducated opinion. Jesus Christ himself formally studied God's Word, was called rabbi (and called so by lawyers, the rich young ruler, the Pharisees, the Sadducees, etc...), and displayed mastery of the Scriptures and religious literature of His day so extensive and profound that people marveled in amazement. And, He was NOT a Pharisee. In fact, as Dr. Roy B Blizzard (and I guess every bible scholar in the world is also suspect of being a "Pharisee" in your uneducated opinion as well) explains:
"The level of learning and education in Galilee exceeded that of Judea in Jesus’ day. Galilee surpassed even Judea in its schools of learning, and most of the famous rabbis of Jesus’ day were from Galilee (Johnanan ben Zakkai, Hanina ben Doda, Abba Yose Holikufri, Zadok, Halaphta, Hananian ben Teradyon.) According to Professor Shmuel Safrai, Hebrew University Professor of Jewish History of the period of the Mishnah and Talmud, not only did the number of 1[SUP]st[/SUP] century Galilean rabbis known from rabbinic literature exceed the number of Judean rabbis, but even the moral and ethical quality of their teaching excelled that of their Judean counterparts (private communication)."
The life of Jesus Christ himself refutes your false assertion that everyone who devotes time and energy to correctly learning God's Word (and disagrees with you because of course you wouldn't have inferred that if I had agreed with your misinterpretations and false assertions) may be a "Pharisee."
Obviously not. I'm not a Pharisee and the name calling is out of order.
So let's move away from your ridiculous ad hominem and victim mentality/wounded spirit and back to the ridiculous false assertions you're continuing to make.
It is a fact that C.S. Lewis never contributed anything to the canon. Period. Because this is a fact, it is not wrong to point it out. And to answer your ridiculous question, of course I have not either.
That said, he was a well respected Christian intellectual and author who held the chair of Mediaeval and Renaissance Literature at Magdalene College in Cambridge that wrote a number of Christian inspired fictional and poetic publications in addition to several non-fiction publications. His work is well regarded and many have found useful for evangelization and apologetics. However, he was not doctrinally perfect and sometimes errored.
This does not mean; however, that you're assertion man is going to be God is true. It's false. It's heresy. And because it is so, you should stop asserting it.
The co-operation between God and Man does not lead to mankind being absorbed into the God as was taught in earlier pagan forms of deification like Henosis. Rather it expresses unity, in the complementary nature between the created and the creator. Acquisition of the Holy Spirit is key to salvation, sanctification, and ultimately glorification but in no way are you going to become God Himself.
"The level of learning and education in Galilee exceeded that of Judea in Jesus’ day. Galilee surpassed even Judea in its schools of learning, and most of the famous rabbis of Jesus’ day were from Galilee (Johnanan ben Zakkai, Hanina ben Doda, Abba Yose Holikufri, Zadok, Halaphta, Hananian ben Teradyon.) According to Professor Shmuel Safrai, Hebrew University Professor of Jewish History of the period of the Mishnah and Talmud, not only did the number of 1[SUP]st[/SUP] century Galilean rabbis known from rabbinic literature exceed the number of Judean rabbis, but even the moral and ethical quality of their teaching excelled that of their Judean counterparts (private communication)."
The life of Jesus Christ himself refutes your false assertion that everyone who devotes time and energy to correctly learning God's Word (and disagrees with you because of course you wouldn't have inferred that if I had agreed with your misinterpretations and false assertions) may be a "Pharisee."
Obviously not. I'm not a Pharisee and the name calling is out of order.
So let's move away from your ridiculous ad hominem and victim mentality/wounded spirit and back to the ridiculous false assertions you're continuing to make.
It is a fact that C.S. Lewis never contributed anything to the canon. Period. Because this is a fact, it is not wrong to point it out. And to answer your ridiculous question, of course I have not either.
That said, he was a well respected Christian intellectual and author who held the chair of Mediaeval and Renaissance Literature at Magdalene College in Cambridge that wrote a number of Christian inspired fictional and poetic publications in addition to several non-fiction publications. His work is well regarded and many have found useful for evangelization and apologetics. However, he was not doctrinally perfect and sometimes errored.
This does not mean; however, that you're assertion man is going to be God is true. It's false. It's heresy. And because it is so, you should stop asserting it.
The co-operation between God and Man does not lead to mankind being absorbed into the God as was taught in earlier pagan forms of deification like Henosis. Rather it expresses unity, in the complementary nature between the created and the creator. Acquisition of the Holy Spirit is key to salvation, sanctification, and ultimately glorification but in no way are you going to become God Himself.
My bad. I did not know you were a M.Div. (Master of Divinity). I suspect the Pharisees considered themselves Masters of Divinity too. Who am I to argue with such a one.
I have no intent to debate this any further and take up the time of Masters. I have made my case with the assist of scripture and past adherents to this subject matter. Unlike most of the naysayers who simply say "you are wrong.. This is rubbish... You are in error,".. and so on, with very little evidence to back up their claim against this view other than their "opinion." Disregarding the insight of someone like CS Lewis and others by stating that they didn't write any of the books of the Cannon, is laughable. Really? Tell me, did YOU write any books of the cannon??
I'm done.. moving on.
I have no intent to debate this any further and take up the time of Masters. I have made my case with the assist of scripture and past adherents to this subject matter. Unlike most of the naysayers who simply say "you are wrong.. This is rubbish... You are in error,".. and so on, with very little evidence to back up their claim against this view other than their "opinion." Disregarding the insight of someone like CS Lewis and others by stating that they didn't write any of the books of the Cannon, is laughable. Really? Tell me, did YOU write any books of the cannon??
I'm done.. moving on.