be ready to contend,
not Till's be ready to contend and do it.
There is not one verse below that goes against what I said, and what the
Holy Spirit said to me.
On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Farrell Till wrote:
> WOODCOCK (I think Woodstock is more appropriate)
>
> but I am going to drop this topic, because I do not want to debate. Christians
> are to live by faith, the righteous will live by faith, we live by faith and
> not by sight, there might be other verses. Thanks, Tony.
>
> TILL
> Trapped with nothing to say, Tony takes the chicken way out and declares
> that Christians should not debate. I have already referred him to Jude 3,
> which tells us that Christians should "earnestly contend for the faith," but
> Tony tells us that the Holy Spirit has confirmed to him that the verse
> doesn't mean what it says. I referred him to 1 Peter 3:15, which tells
> Christians to be ready always to give an answer to anyone who asks them a
> reason for the hope that is in them, but Tony assures us again that the Holy
> Spirit has confirmed to him that this verse doesn't mean what it says.
>
> On his missionary journeys, Paul would seek out opportunities to reason with
> people. We read that when Paul was in Thessalonica, he, "as his CUSTOM was,
> went in to them [the people in the synagogue], and for three sabbath days
> REASONED with them from the scriptures" (Acts 17:2). Leaving Thessalonica,
> he went to Athens, where "he REASONED in the synagogue with the Jews and
> devout persons in the marketplace EVERY DAY with them that met him" (v:17).
> I suppose Paul found himself in big trouble with the Holy Spirit because of
> his custom of trying to reason with people. It's too bad he didn't have a
> direct line to the Holy Spirit as Tony does.
>
> >From Athens, Paul went to Corinth, and there "he REASONED in the synagogue
> EVERY sabbath, and PERSUADED Jews and Greeks" (Acts 18:4). From Corinth,
> Paul went to Ephesus, where, guess what? "He [Paul] himself entered into
> the synagogue and REASONED with the Jews" (v:19). Before Felix, Paul
> "REASONED of righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment to come"
> (Acts 24:25). In fact, if Tony will take the time to read Paul's sermons in
> the book of Acts, I think even his Holy Spirit will tell him that Paul's
> speeches were disputations that he engaged in to convert people to Christianity.
>
> I'm sure Tony will let us know what the latest word from the Holy Spirit is
> on this matter.
>
>
> Farrell Till
> Skepticism, Inc.
> jftill@midwest.net
>
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