Re: William James

Glenn Morton (grmorton@mail.isource.net)
Wed, 03 Sep 1997 20:34:35 -0500

At 11:04 AM 9/3/97 -0500, rcannon@usa.net wrote:
>Glenn Morton wrote:
>
>> We must not forget that there are many aspects to any> communication.
>
>> There is the message that God intended.
>> There is the message that the writer understood.
>> There is the message that the writer delivered.
>> There is the message that we understand.
>
>> Even assuming that God's inspiration was able to take
>> care of the first 3, I find little assurance that we always
>> understand as well as God would want us to.
>
>It seems to me that I John 2:27 seems to suggest that He can take care
>of number four too:
>
>"But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye
>need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you
>of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught
>you, ye shall abide in him."

Hi Russell,

Yes, He can. But when one considers the variety of interpretations on any
given issue, it is obvious that all you other guys are paying attention to
God like I do. :-)

That is a joke.

glenn

Foundation, Fall and Flood
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