I follow the Scriptures and not supposed experts.
Lilstu,
♦ All sincere born again Christians are convinced they follow the Scriptures.
♦ You don't have to "follow" the experts in order to give them respect and give their studies a respectful hearing.
♦ That doesn't mean you have to agree with them. They might be wrong. I might be wrong. You might be wrong.
♦ The only Person we know that is never wrong is the Lord Jesus.
♦ But until we can talk to Him face to face about what "leaven" meant in Mt. 13:33 we have to do the best we can to decide what is the best interpretation of that verse.
♦ And to do this we read and study Biblical Commentaries, which is no different than sitting in a Sunday School Class.
I have shown you Scriptural evidence that leaven is bad and you prefer to believe supposed experts rather than what Scripture says.
♦ But we still disagree on the meaning of "leaven" in Mt. 13:33
♦ You failed to convince me. I failed to convince you.
♦ That's does not mean that either of us are bad people. Its just means that, at this point, we disagree. That's all it means. Nobody is trying to lead people down into Hell merely because they believe that the Christian Church of the Lord Jesus is going to be Victorious as history unfolds.
♦ Nobody is trying to "lead people down to the pit" just because they believe the word "leaven" in Mt. 13:33 represents the gospel that very gradually Christianizes the entire world just as Jesus said "Go make disciples of all nations."
♦ We can disagree as Christian brothers and as friends over points like this one.
Jesus' parables in Matthew 13 clearly reveal the the corruption of his church.
♦ Well, its clear we don't agree on that. You can find some "experts" that agree with your position, but I am not going to tell you that they are "leading people to Hell" just because they believe that the "leaven" in Mt. 13:33 represents corruption.
As for the supposed experts, they get paid to write books and they have to expect people to disagree without being "thin skinned" and taking offense if they are called out on their writings.
♦ Are you serious? Do you familiar at all with Matthew Henry? Albert Barnes? Adam Clarke? Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield?
♦ They are NOT "experts" that can be "called out" simply because they disagree with you or me (or anybody else.)
♦ Btw, all of them have been dead for a long time.
♦ But they are highly respected orthodox Bible commentators throughout Christendom and it ought NEVER to be said of them that they are "leading people to the pit."
♦ These most excellent Christian scholars simply disagreed with you on one point: does the "leaven" of Mt.13:33 represent the good or does it represent corruption.?
♦ May blessings be upon you
(Btw, I disagreed with you throughout that entire post up there, but never one time did I insult you or try to discredit you.)
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