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Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!
I did have some initial fellowship with a brother, whose immersion in the word I greatly respect. I told him what we were looking at on here and then came back to him this weekend about it. At that time he said, "Honestly, I don't have much appetite for this sort of thing." When I heard that it caught me off guard a bit, but I must admit that I came to believe this was a word from the Lord and my appetite for it is mostly gone now too. Sorry, but it's just not in me to pursue further. I think part of this has to do with a rich word that a brother shared this Sunday here, about the amazing riches of the fullness of Christ in Colossians chapter one. I guess after having a taste of that, that is what my appetite is toward right now.
However, I think I owe you one last comment, so I will share what came to me this morning. I realized that I probably short-changed the "much more . . . saved in His life" aspect I mentioned in my last post. What came to me, and I hope this helps, is that there is a comparison of the two Adams. There are two main aspects of the final Adam (Christ) - His justification work and His life-giving. To fully return us to God's purpose both are needed - the cleaning and then filling of the vessel. And this is to correct what happened with the first Adam. He disobeyed, and through that act something got into his vessel. So there's a two part problem with the first; and a two part solution with the last. Hope that helps.
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Sons to Glory,
If the Word of God tells us to test all things, and discern the truth, and divide the word rightly, I can almost all but guarantee you that it's not the Lord who's telling you to not pursue the truth further.
You may have re-read those passages I asked you to read, but from everything you've said so far, there's no indication you have. You'll make unrelated statements, you'll try to distract by referencing "richer" portions, you'll make claims that are not supported by the Bible, and you'll go ask other people, but you won't read the words of Scripture. It's telling.
No one is disputing that "something got into [man's] vessel". The discussion was about
where that something came from. This is not an unimportant thing. Particularly when the false teaching at question has been used to depress, oppress, and distress your fellow brothers and sisters for decades.
You are skilled at avoiding truths you don't like. But unfortunately you are the one who is bearing the negative impact of that avoidance.
Trapped