tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post7995752644384914273..comments2023-08-01T20:14:02.890-04:00Comments on Thunder Sounds: The Disclosure of God: Human PerceptionSLWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04260137021205685080noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post-58951907884136017872011-03-25T14:16:26.473-04:002011-03-25T14:16:26.473-04:00Gerald,
Thanks for the comment. I didn't know ...Gerald,<br />Thanks for the comment. I didn't know what to say in response, so I "saved" it for later, then it slipped my mind. Sorry for such a late reply.<br /><br />The initial paragraph is very speculative. I don't think there is anyway for anyone else to "amen" it, since it doesn't naturally arise out of what is revealed in scripture. <br /><br />As for the second paragraph, I can agree that displays of power make people nervous, especially those that have an interest in maintaining the status quo. Would you not agree that any display of power or revelation should fall within the framework of what is already revealed in scripture?SLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260137021205685080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post-73562459648352408312011-01-05T15:30:12.627-05:002011-01-05T15:30:12.627-05:00I think Ephesians 3:14-20 is worth a close examina...I think Ephesians 3:14-20 is worth a close examination. Read literally, Paul is praying that the Ephesians receive a direct revelation of God's Love for them that seems to require that one's "Inner Man" be strengthened by the Spirit, and which results in us being "filled with <b>all</b> the fullness of God." In a sense, God has to "reengineer" our minds, and maybe our physical brains to handle this revelation. Lest his readers (and us) doubt that such a thing will be done for us, Paul points out that God is able to do "exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power <b>that works within us</b>." One wonders if Jesus spent the 40 days in the wilderness for the sole purpose of <b>grasping</b> the revelation that He was God's Beloved Son (and loved accordingly). Such a revelation of love must have triggered the ability to work the miraculous, and thus accounts for the nature of two of the three wilderness temptations!<br /><br />Here's the <b>real</b> problem: Ephesians 3:20 virutally guarantees that whenever God "cuts loose" and really does something as extraordinary as a direct disclosure of His love or some other aspect of himself, <b>it will be bigger than our ability to grasp it</b>. What do we do when faced with something we don't understand? What do "heresy hunters" and "truth monitors" do when confronted with something claimed to come from God that they don't understand because, by coming from God, it is <b>bigger</b> than their understanding? <b>They do the same thing the pharisees did with Jesus</b>. They will play it safe and call it "self-deception", or "of the devil" if any <b>real</b> power is deployed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06167524400237681685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post-5165879630593932462010-12-30T11:33:50.628-05:002010-12-30T11:33:50.628-05:00Roy,
Just to play Devil's advocate: how do you...Roy,<br />Just to play Devil's advocate: how do you see 1 Corinthians 13:12; 1 John 3:2; John 17:22-26 playing into your view concerning eternity?SLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260137021205685080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post-32069311332084442162010-12-30T11:17:41.330-05:002010-12-30T11:17:41.330-05:00I believe, even in eternity, that we will never be...I believe, even in eternity, that we will never be able to grasp the infinite God nor will we ever understand His ways or come close to His knowledge. That is why He is God and that is why I am grateful to Him for revealing His love to us in His Son (John 20:30-31; 2 Timothy 3:15-17).The Seeking Disciplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850752852586928341noreply@blogger.com