RE: Glenn's dilemma

The question asked to Simon Peter by Jesus is the very same question He asks us today regarding Him, viz., "But who do you say that I am?"
Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." And Jesus said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. " There is no test you can run to determine how the Father revealed who Christ is to a Christian. Only Christians know that and if you do not have that, then no one can convince you of that. Notice that people are moved to different faiths and one cannot, on this side of death, say which belief is true and which is false. Faith is a sort of imperfect kind of knowledge that one knows but cannot use it to prove it to someone else. However, Christ did say that either one is with Him or against Him, which means if Christ is who He said He is, then all other religions are false.
 
Moorad

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From: Glenn Morton [mailto:glennmorton@entouch.net]
Sent: Thu 10/21/2004 3:31 PM
To: Alexanian, Moorad; Don Winterstein; asa@lists.calvin.edu
Subject: RE: Glenn's dilemma

Alexanian wrote:
 
>I wonder if Glenn considers the following verse "some grounding in fact". "And Jesus said to him, "Blessed are you,
>Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven." Matt. 16:17.
 
How can I see that as a grounding in fact. What is objectively verifiable in that statement? What test can I run or observe to see that it is true that the father revealed something to Simon.
 
What I do find grounding, at least personally is the event years ago when God provided a Turkish translater in a 10 sq foot area at exactly 10 minutes after we had prayed at 1 A. M. for one to come to that spot in Dallas, Texas. I experienced that fact. It has grounded me, but Simons thing can't ground me.
Received on Thu Oct 21 22:29:34 2004