In Reply to: Re: the set card is brainwashing posted by Observer on September 09, 2006 at 22:57:41:
Thanks Observer...yes your observation is pretty right on, I am combatitive when it comes to the Word of God...since we know Jesus is the living Word we need more of it not less ...the problem with TF was, that they all thought to have some big privilege in understanding & applying the Word...often only portions taking, which we all seem to criticise...that is something I very much agree upon...however, since TF had so many deplorable practices & dogmen, I think the memory-set card really belongs to the lowest range of critical practices in TF.
I am no friend of the attitude, that since TF was so bad & turned much worse, we have to criticise everything we ever did in TF...including sleeping????I appreciate Mr. Don's answer by the way & I think he will make quite a difference in the theological world or in the pastoral work...
As far as Rev. 3:20 is concerned, I get your point, that the passage is talking about believers
foremost, that would result in the nice thought, that Jesus comes back to our house/heart in our life for & with Him...for me there are enough mysteries left in the Word to keep me busy for the rest of my life...
Finally, talking about repentance while following Him/(or rather not), may be that was a very weak point in TF - the honesty revolution not really coming near to it - & Rev. 3:20 should have rather belonged to the repentance-section, which it didn't have, sad to say.
Well, Mt. 10:36 shows what an "explosive" message the NT contains...you know that heretics like Marcion sought to exclude the OT from the Canon of the believers etc. since long time people had difficulties with the very "crude" parts of the Bible, especially with the OT...you can dismiss the text as a "product" of man or of a "lesser" God...all that has happened...but I think this
"harshness" is also part of the message, to help us to relativate things, what really matters, what is really of vital importance to the people of God.