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Apr 27 09 7:41 AM
A few questions: 1) In John 20/21, Jesus told Peter "feed my lambs, feed my sheep, etc." Was Peter invisible at the time He said that?
Was the authority needed to effect that work of faith, and carry it out to its end, visible?
Did He say feed your lambs, in respect to Peter , or did He say His lambs, in respect to His invisible work in Peter?
Since His lambs hear His voice and not Peters, as a daysman , what food, of whose will, was Peter to feed these lambs...... commandments of men by the traditions of men, as another authorty, another master, another gospel?
2) In Matthew 23:1-2, Jesus said to do what the Pharisees say, because they sit in Moses' seat. WEre the Pharisees invisible?
First we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, second authority does not come from imamate objects. That kind of worship would constitute idol worship. The seat of Moses, who was used as a type of Christ, representing the law of God, speaks of the faith that comes from hearing God, not the Pharisees who would read the word of God, but not do what it says to do, "Believe God", and not the doctrines of the Pharisees, because they sit on a intimate object, as a higher hope of serving the creation, above the word of God.
Christ said in response to those who look to that which is seen, as that which is permanent .....But all their works they do for to be seen of men:
3) Moses transmitted the 10 commandments and the laws to the people. Was Moses invisible? The point is that God can exercise His infallible authority through fallible men
God can effect a work of faith ,coming from a donkey which is used as a type to represent an unbeliever, but we are never to attribute the authority to hear God, by a creature
Also, I Timothy 3:15 is clear that the church is the pillar and ground of truth.
Deu 32:31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
The point is, don't bear false witness against God, by insisting that He did not set up human authorities, and that He is too weak to do that.
The church is the steward or caretaker of the gospel, not the author or finisher, as the effecter thereof. Our Living God, is not to weak to set up a human authority, He simply has no need to, with Him is all the strength and authority needed to perform the will He purposes, with Him we can do all the things He appoints to us, without Him we can do nothing.
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