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What is the longest Chapter in the New Testament?

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Darik Majoren answered

Pick ANY book in the Bible . . . They all really SEEM long . . .

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Tom Jackson
Tom Jackson commented
No, you don't need a belief in God to question them, but you would need a belief in God to understand and evaluate the explanations as to which are likely, possible, or just "wrong."

And your question is an off-shoot of the original question: Why didn't God just explain everything one easy to understand set of rules after proving that He actually exists.

And if God "proves" His existence only to individuals who have a personal relationship with Him, how can anyone who does not accept the possibility of His existence ever attempt to achieve such certainty.

And maybe "Be for me or against me or I will vomit you out of my mouth" really means "You must take a stance. Decide whether I exist or not and I will deal with you on that basis, but observers have no basis to judge accurately what they do not know and understand."

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Tom Jackson
Tom Jackson commented
As to your last paragraph---"Truths" have a hierarchy. If I constantly win at chess when I play, both my opponent and I may be good, but it is safe to assume that (currently) I am the better player. (Remember, I talked about a specific "insight that is gained.")

And further, salvation is by individual, not "en masse"---("Not everyone who says Lord, Lord will enter into the Kingdom.") I don't share "my" God---He shares Himself with others who believe in Him in whatever way He chooses. (Reference "economy of salvation.")

And when I "share" my perspective, I remember CS Lewis's comment---"When we try to make what we say work out to edifying conclusions, we offer to the God of all truth the unclean sacrifice of a lie."

One of the rules of life is similar to one of the rules for driving---"One must drive only his own car."
Darik Majoren
Darik Majoren commented
In my second paragraph in this thread, the major question for me was: "Oddly the Holy Spirit seem to communicate different interpretations on some key items.
Are we sure it actually IS the Holy Spirit?"
So for me this derived question "Why didn't God just explain everything one easy to understand set of rules after proving that He actually exists."
Seems a bit from another perspective. It would be more appropriate for me to link to the human need for personifying their own "God Belief" with qualities THEY found to be truth in their world view and personal subjective perspective. If there was no God and man was the creator of their own religion then we would expect to see doctrines surrounding a specific God so vastly different as to spawn so many denominations. Which is apparent to me.
I totally understand where you might inject the notion of both "Human Imperfect Nature" and the influence of "Lucifer" to be the reasons why this one God cannot communicate a singularity of mind when it comes to It's own religion.

I do like that CS Lewis Quote you wrote ---"When we try to make what we say work out to edifying conclusions, we offer to the God of all truth the unclean sacrifice of a lie."
I, of course, apply a more metaphorical sense to it . . . but it works.

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