[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by zeek

So, if possible, it would be helpful if there were some general principle to guide when Biblical statements can be applied as factual premises and when they can't.

Of course it's possible! This is what systematic and biblical theology is all about. This was one of the most damaging aspects of the ministry of Witness Lee - That the formal study of theology in a precise, systematic way was in someway negative or harmful. Of course Lee taught this because it flew in the face of his make-it-up-as-you-go-along, homebrew, "I have new light that nobody else has ever seen" theology.