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Originally Posted by Evangelical
The key difference between the Bereans from the Thessalonians was their attitude towards the extra-biblical revelation that Paul brought. They were called noble because the Bereans accepted the extra-biblical revelation that Paul brought whereas the Thessalonians rejected the extra-biblical revelation that Paul brought. What differentiated the two groups was their attitude and reception of Paul's rather revolutionary message.
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Originally Posted by Unregistered
At this point I would like to share with you a “golden rule of interpretation” a dear brother said: “When plain sense makes good sense, seek no other sense, lest you end up in nonsense”.
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Well said, Unregistered. So well said.
Evangelical never ceases to amaze me how he can convince himself that basically
up is down and down is up.
What caused the unbelieving Thessalonians, i.e. Jews at the Synagogue who heard Paul on three successive Sabbaths, to reject the Gospel was
not their attitude towards "extra-biblical revelation," but as Luke, the eye-witness writer of the Acts tells us, "
they were jealous," (Acts 17.1-9) they rejected the Messiah Jesus Christ, and claimed allegiance to Caesar. They behaved exactly as those who crucified Jesus years prior in Jerusalem. Are you also claiming then, that the Pharisees and scribes rejected the "extra-biblical revelation" package that Jesus also brought to the nation of Israel?
Did someone say something about "nonsense?"
The Bereans, on the other hand, did not receive "extra-biblical revelation" from Apostle Paul. They heard the same message as those in Thessalonica who believed, i.e. Paul showed them from their own scriptures that the "
Christ (the promised Messiah) must suffer and rise from among the dead." (Acts 17.2-3, 10-13)