Okay, I'll analyse your post then :)
Submitted by Triple Q on November 30 2000 16:11:03
In reply to Let's not :) submitted by Heather on November 30 2000 14:58:39
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First example (KJV): Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and [that] there be no divisions among you; but [that] ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them [which are of the house] of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name. And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. Your version is deceptive because it implies that Paul is thanking God because he didn't baptize them. On the contrary, he is thanking God that they could not claim that he, and not God, was the baptizer because each member of the house of Chloe was claiming to be "disciples" of individuals and not God. Second example: "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. . . You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?" I'm not going to transcribe the whole of Matthew 23 because we know the story behind this and it's unnecessary. And I will answer your response with a question: Do you think that the "scribes and Pharisees" were mending souls or making money? Third example: [In reply to Bildad the Shuhite] Then Job answered and said, How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed [that] ye make yourselves strange to me. And be it indeed [that] I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself. If indeed ye will magnify [yourselves] against me, and plead against me my reproach: Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but [there is] no judgment. [Same speech, further down] Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me. Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? [Same speech] For I know [that] my redeemer liveth, and [that] he shall stand at the latter [day] upon the earth: And [though] after my skin [worms] destroy this [body], yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; [though] my reins be consumed within me. But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me? Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath [bringeth] the punishments of the sword, that ye may know [there is] a judgment. So you see? Job isn't denying God. He is denying the words of Bildad the Shuhite who says he is God-less (in Job 18). Is there any wonder that God chose the side of Job and criticized the "friends"? And none of these protests were "against God" but in His defense. |
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