That was my statement, and yes, I did make the observation that the Word does 'factually' guide us through dissecting allegories, metaphors and similitudes. The rules are quite open, easily read and basic.
IF that standard is raised, agreement always follows for believers because it is sooo simple a child can understand.
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Oops I was trying to help you out smaller:chokedup
But you must admit that many use these things to make all sorts of doctrines that cannot be proven in the clear reading of the scriptures?
Agreement is quick and easy when any of us are on a 'truthful' quest....;)
Truth is neither you or I would ever seek to justify ourselves by showing up in a pew on Saturday or not eating pork because we know the utter futility of such measures.
For me, understanding this process came to light when sitting in a pew and having a 'bad thought' when I was there seeking to be only good. It was then that 'self examinations' began. And I failed...utterly. And I know why that is...because I was a liar, sitting there thinking I was good when I was having a bad thought OR so I first thought. I felt the STING of HYPOCRISY. It BIT me deeply to be such a detestable thing.
It was later the Word showed me the location of the LIAR, and all the time I had been reading prior I 'exempted' myself from the obvious:
Mark 4:15
And these are they by the way side,
where the word is sown; but when they have heard,
Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown
in their hearts.
From that moment on I never sat in the pew the same way again in my understandings, because The Word showed me where the LIAR was located.
and one might think this is rather easy to see, but it's not. Even as I put it up for view, the veil comes DOWN upon the readers.
It is in Mark 4 and the associated parables that Jesus said we must understand to understand ALL parables.
and ALL the Word is in fact A PARABLE:
Hear 'ye' the parable?
Do you know the term 'ye' is PLURAL? And is so by Divine Reasoning?
When Jesus said unto 'ye' plural He is speaking to TWO, yet only one, YOU, are meant to 'hear.'
IF you read Mark 4:15 above you will see who will not hear and the other party to the transaction.
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