In Reply to: Re: the set card is brainwashing posted by Mr. Don on September 08, 2006 at 12:23:21:
Memorising scripture is one way of living Colossians
3:16..how else would one go about it?It's a matter of letting the Word speak to your heart & not letting some supposed prophet help you in doing it...especially if his life is not in line with major pillars of biblical counsel...also touching the "private"/sexual life...
Who could say, be it university teacher or whoever, being totally free from the subjective readings of the Bible....
we all do much eisegesis - reading into the scripture....TF was a very bad exsample...but tell me which group doesn't do it??
I give you an example: almost two years ago I made a very extensive Bible-study (after having already collected many books about the subject)...the subject was seperation...divorce...remarriage...
I visited almost a hundred different websites from many different denominations in the Englishspeaking world...the result: many have the
Matthew-"exception" as a justification for remarriage....one pastor confessed, that he was initially against it(remarriage before the death of the mate) after leaving the theological seminary/college but the church-council...the people.. pressured him into thinking different, that means he caved theologically in, because he needed a job, having a family & someone to pay the bills.(Common sentimental argument:could God be so cruel to let/expect "the innocent" part to live single for the entire rest of life, should the mate still be living...etc.)
That's why I am very thankful, that I am not dependant on the whims of some congregation, to preach/accept this or that...
I've seen the same in the church I fellowship with...people have just accepted remarriage & forgot what Jesus said about the whole thing...
In other words, we often read into the Word, what we would like it to say to us, since we're that weak...pretty sad, unless some very powerful preacher, man of God comes along, who lives visibly the Word & helps others to do the same...sorry to say...I don't see too many...& I am not so sure, whether it's that much better in America...(by the way, I had a personal interest in remarriage, that's why the whole subject was not easy for me to swallow & digest, but sound teaching is not making exceptions because of my weak morals or my sentimental preferences...)