What equipment do the servants of God and Christ need?

@MadCornishBiker Said

Lol tariki, you know so much less than you think, and I pity you.

@tariki Said

Biker, what have I claimed to know? Tell me.

I claim to rely upon the Grace of Reality-as-is, not any knowledge I may or may not have. What I do know I will put into my posts, just as you do. It is you who claim your own words are in fact only the echo of God's own.

Sadly, I have an inkling that you project much of your own darkness onto me. Yet it need not be dark, truly.

All the best

@MadCornishBiker Said

Since demons are invisible, that would hardly be likely, but I have seen, felt and experienced their effects, and believe me it was unmistakable. There is no other possible explanation. However I don't expect you to understand, I wouldn't have understood if I hadn't been there.

@futilevoice Said

I think it would help if you saw a psychiatrist or a therapist. They could help you sort out your delutions and negative feelings.

@LuckyCharms Said

Oh Jesus Christ.

@LuckyCharms Said

Oh Jesus Christ.

@MadCornishBiker Said

The bible makes it very clear that the bible is the final arbiter in all things spiritual.

@chisa96 Said

Really? No way.

If I didn't know better I would assume that you were poking fun at your view. I would have to make this into a sig if that weren't so petty.

@MadCornishBiker Said

No, I am serious. The bible is the final arbiter on Christianity, largely because we have no other record of the teachings of Christ, but then why should we have when the bible is all we need?

I have to admit though that I did not word that very well. I should have said, "as Jesus made clear, the bible is the final arbiter on Christianity". It was the bible that Jesus explained to his followers, not just the "letter of the law" but the principle behind it all.

Anyway, if Jesus taught from the bible, and his Apostles also, why should it not be good enough for us? Get hold of a good reference bile, with marginal references and look see how many quotations and citations from the "OT" are in Jesus teachings, as well as how many are explanations of things found n the "OT". The same goes for the teachings of the Apostles.

The bible is also the "yardstick" against which to measure the teachings of other faiths, and other "branches" of the supposedly "Christina" faiths. How else are we to recognise the Apostasy that Jesus and the Apostles all foretold? To what else can we compare their teaching?

We really do need nothing more.

@chisa96 Said

A text cannot be evidence of its own validity. As you say, all we have now of jesus's teachings is contained within this text; therefore jesus's teachings cannot be evidence of the bible's validity.

It's called faith for a reason, man. At least embrace the fact that by definition, it cannot be proven. Be proud that you have that faith rather than belittling the power of it by trying to prove and justify what you believe in when it cannot be done.

You come across as someone who is embarrassed in his unwaivering faith, who sees it as a weakness rather than a strength. You are constantly desperate to prove your perspective, but in proving the existance of god and the divinty of christ, you destroy faith entirely.

@MadCornishBiker Said

I have not said that the bible is the proof of it's own validity, but it's validity allows us to take Christ's teachings to heart.

As I have said many times, the proof of the validity of the bible is in it's prophetic accuracy, a "yardstick" it itself sets. Deuteronomy 18:21,22 "And in case you should say in your heart: “How shall we know the word that Jehovah has not spoken?” 22 when the prophet speaks in the name of Jehovah and the word does not occur or come true, that is the word that Jehovah did not speak. With presumptuousness the prophet spoke it. You must not get frightened at him.".

The only prophecies that have not come true are not yet due to, some are happening as you read this. It is true that not all are easy to understand without using other scriptures to "decode" them, and as the angle told John when giving him revelation, some prophecies are simply not meant to be understood at the time, but would be understood when the time was right. God does tend to work on a "need to now basis" especially with prophecy.

Since prophecy is so demonstrably accurate, some so much so that people have tried, unsuccessfully, to claim that they were written after the fact, the bile has passed the test of validity, and proven itself to be truly the word of God. Therefore the claim that it is the final arbiter in spiritual matters is also proven,since God cannot lie.

@MadCornishBiker Said

Since prophecy is so demonstrably accurate, some so much so that people have tried, unsuccessfully, to claim that they were written after the fact, the bile has passed the test of validity, and proven itself to be truly the word of God. Therefore the claim that it is the final arbiter in spiritual matters is also proven,since God cannot lie.