We aren't an occult or cult, we are Children of the Living Most High God. And we have a history with God that proves what God has handed down to His Chosen People. Who then is it for man to know better than God? When did God ever need man's approval or counsel or to format a council concerning God? In my opinion, if Jesus, Who is the WORD, quotes someone, that should be a no brainer that material should also be good enough for me. Therefore, shame on the council.
There is no way these men were Holy Spirit inspired. When you question who Jesus was/is and you question who He quotes, these men should have been dragged around by their horses till their death!
This council destroyed the UNITY of the Apostle's message and the Church Fathers who followed. Today, we have hundreds of Denominations. The only thing Constantine accomplished was to SPLIT us and TEAR us apart!
are you on switch hunt where did I say you said that? Maybe if you are not so confrontational you would not assume one said something they did not. my point the books are inspired not because Man said so, they are inspired because God ensured they would be. man issue is learning which is and is not inspired. I think and I could be wrong, many will not say that; there are ways to limit and look for truths that illuminate the inerrant word of God. One must build on what we know to be true from the start.Where did I deny those 66 Books? They are definitely God-inspired. My point is there were more than just those 66 Books that were inspired. Why did God let Joshua and king David use Jasher but it is not good for us? Why does God Himself quote Enoch but a council thinks God is off His rocker by denying Enoch, even Jude quotes him. I am just saying there were more than 66 Holy Spirit inspired Books. Shame on the Council for removing them!
are you on switch hunt where did I say you said that? Maybe if you are not so confrontational you would not assume one said something they did not. my point the books are inspired not because Man said so, they are inspired because God ensured they would be. man issue is learning which is and is not inspired. I think and I could be wrong, many will not say that; there are ways to limit and look for truths that illuminate the inerrant word of God. One must build on what we know to be true from the start.
To say something other than what we know to be the "inspired word of God", how did one come to the conclusion they were inspired?
- the first five books of the law
- The Major & Minor Prophets
- the genealogies
- New Testament Eye Winesess account The Synoptic Gospels and the Gospel of John.
- The book of Acts and the Pauline Epistles do not take away from the others.
That is a presumption to say "They are definitely God-inspired". How did one come to the understanding?
I more or less want to know if Believers today, who can see there was never a council of men set-up to vote on what God did and if it was worthy or not all throughout the Old Testament (4,000 years), why do you accept a council of men less than 400 years after God in human form Ascended?
If God is the same YESTERDAY, TODAY, and TOMORROW, and He had no council of men to judge His Words, Commands, Himself, why do men think suddenly God has changed His mind around the 4th Century?