And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.”john 14
True in the begining their was no need to run to Rome or alexandria for wisdo each empire was deply ruthles as it was perverted withe death etc.. or to create all sorts of go betweens to know what this is to know,,,, actually means eipignosis vs mere natural gnosis , the endless floatilla of how to books, carl jurg , somany how to ,,,and other sooth sayers as questionable materials made into sciences, mixed in the faith . Which has done well in their collections out of every sectarin notion divised has it;s own hypnotic trance, like allthe get rich schemes it works the fish bite the bare hook,,,,, overomes it;s reader in endles assuming... A new live listed in the scripture is found one person not a book oraotory wisdom but a connection that is a life section above is reduced to lip service , not all but enough ...symplicity by faith a child and miracle,,,, so it is withe languduc can help us see or those that came later, who did not for sake truth for gain,, Muslims now saved by dreams praise God, !!!!
God does not need doubt, nor does need hate , to ahaha, when faith calls anyway help if we loose who are in those have fallen from grace by going back to the law- galatians five apears to be pretty clear without having to dance around the words or shifting terms to, add spinas needed false hood to sound wise !! bondage to grace by doubting, faith is anotehr state of mind over human performance. The modern day christinatiy mixing up with pc and sectarian phsycology, not to be left without hope... get connected , ,simple,,,
Mencken insists that “evolution is progress” and that “no legislation should attempt
to steal this hope from the people.” Frustrated and perplexed, Anderson replies: “Can’t you
believe in both – evolution and religion?” At this point Mencken asks Anderson to consider if a
bit of vomit can be added to a glass of milk without spoiling it.
Now imagine the glass of milk is Christianity and the vomit is Greek dualism. Can you
mix the two without spoiling the original contents of the glass (i.e. Christianity)? Essentially, this
is the overarching argument of those scholars who emphatically reject any attempt to relate
Christianity to Greek philosophy. Christian thought and Greek philosophical thought are two
very different modes of thought, two different sets of lenses in which to view the world. Thus, in
mixing them, as many thinkers argue, Christianity becomes tainted. Scholars have long debated
the influence of Greek philosophy on Christianity. The argument focuses on the following
questions: What is the relation between Christian thought and Platonism? Are Christianity and
Platonism compatible? How much did Greek philosophy influence early Christianity?
James Skillen and Paul Marshall, Bishop N.T. Wright, and postmodern thinker Brian McLaren.
Although these scholars represent different Christian traditions, they each suggest, in some way,
that Greek dualism prevents a genuine biblical approach to Christianity.
By combining the two modes of thought, believers often miss the centrality of the Gospel. These thinkers are not opposed to reason or the consideration of philosophical issues. They are, however, opposed to syncretism – combining different systems of beliefs. Syncretism taints our perception of faith. Alexandira sought to combine the christisanity and greek philosophy. ((funk wagnall).That will be lot of todays aproach a s well with mind science etc esteem all the rest the non scientific pshycology or pc agendas now employed in our up side down culture ..
Entwined now: after the 12 and the first century to about 180ad the waters have soon become muddy there after form the spirit led world the JESUS SPOKE , LETS LOOK ,!! P
hilo was known to have bene parrissee and supported the preist craft form of the ole cov , it woudl in later centuries of the past cov was mixsed into the modern world to this day, their mixed depsite the warning in the nt of going back wards their blended it in as consequence in divison found in the terms to bind them,,, terms etc etc..
PHILO WAS BORN IN ALEXANDRIA, Erypt where he lkived his enire life . Alexandria was the center of hellestic Greek and Christisn philosphy, the metroppolis of thr learned 20BCand 20AD..thsoe who followed were origin and clement, great liberal scholors , clement would later reject the mixing and would be unwelcomed for doing so as was turtulian for requesting what has christ do whitht halls of plato, it is wheeer sprirt ledness took a back seat, became anythingthey wanted added as the centuries passed to this day? or it ws completely rejected into human logic or legalism or a mix of that led to alot of guessing?? or ratehr asuming based on the former introduction of natural gnosis thought alone, ussurping the spirit led awareness found the greek term epigenosis , is given by a new presence not the ole law cov or mixed to the pagan way of the greek wisdom.
1 Corinthians 1-4 kj3 and the Neb or the aramic Nt ..... or 2 corithian 3 paul warns the lofty teachings fo the greek the moderns have divided the body often for gain sake and or all the above . penn fox noted the endless mix and fix themes for justification of those unions ... as francis schaffer once said the better the school the better the brain washing.... the question the individual discerment comes to bare ,when how and where or if it even if it exists in some cases'' To deal the muddy waters las documents largely ignored as many seek to find the way what was it like when all the human filter grids of doubt or shifting are removed ?
Element of truth goes on not often else where , not all is lost , muslums getting saved by dreams!!!, cheers let God glroy inis grace depsite our inability to do so,,,, by gance withrout our permit!!! thank God we have nto made a mess of that yet ,,,,,the sad part the time lost in the obscurity of the personal connection may remain kept as obscure !!
I dare says BE WISE TO LET GOD BE WHO HE IS WITHOUT OUR seeking to improve on what he has said or done.....in the actual words better yet to be spirit led before they had writ they knew what it was to know is, and the giftness of the him as spirit through hs people unhinderd by doubt, in those whom he has worked through mightly for truth tyndale, wycliff, vast revival of wodners done at lanqueduc, and many other such penn fox if you read them carefuly listen..
Notce the scripures recored the lack of faith in hsi home town , they had no great dewads they had limited or most cases no faith at all he left them as he did isreal to send the 12 into lands pf the gentiles ... great wonders came to them isreal was detroyed by Rome, jesus warned them of their herseies .. mercy lord !!
St. Augustine, on the other hand, supported the fusion of Greek philosophy, specifically
Platonism, and Christian doctrine. He asserted the two systems of belief were compatible. And
where he disagreed with Platonic ideas, he simply altered those ideas to fit his theology.
His writings demonstrate his attraction to Platonism. Following the days of early Christianity,
Platonism continued to show itself in Christian thought. From Calvinism to Puritanism and
realist evangelicals to reformers who support a two-kingdom theology, Greek dualism continues
to plague Christianity. For as passionately as some scholars condemn mixing Greek philosophy
and faith, others such as those mentioned above either support syncretism or fail to realize just
how much Greek dualism is ingrained in their thoughts.
Conventional Christianity is deeply rooted in Greek philosophical thought. For example,
when viewed through Greek eyes, faith becomes a private matter; salvation becomes merely a
ticket out of hell and more of an individual experience; the physical world is downgraded; and
the goal of human life is to die, to escape this imperfect world.
Planet earth and life on earth aredevalued. Humans eagerly await death so that the soul may be released from the body and ultimately from earth.
Thus, rather than engaging in this world, becoming more involved, say,with the crises of our times or identifying with and liberating the poor and oppressed, believers distance themselves from the affairs of this world. In addition, believers end up separating life into categories, those things which are considered “sacred” and those things which are considered “secular.” Greek dualism fosters such fragmentation. thanks enjoy ,,,
Most stuff seeks to replace knowing him by going with him in faith, other wise is just mechanical , no glory for God in mere human performance , peter good legaist he told jesus I will for give the other 7 times today,,, wow!! jesus said no peter you will for give him 70X7 or 7x70 amazing ... I do nto hold any on those with me nope even if they smoke, their no offnce to me because I to fight as we all do unless your good liar ,,, aha peter would learn that in his denial of the christ and when his time came as they cruscified him up side down,, learn faith stay free walk in the spirit have to find like minded people seeking truth connection,,, and real union connected in the 1 corinthians -1-4 neb kj3 Youngs ...love to all
