Twilight Posted December 7, 2010 Posted December 7, 2010 Please add your favourite "unoriginal" gospel thoughts below... Here is one of mine from the Apostle John: For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son... Mark :-) PS. Please try to avoid the pretension of believing one can have an "original thought" when it comes to the "truth"... Because is it not true that we can only ever reflect Gods thoughts, or Satans? :-) The best wisdom is always second hand...
Twilight Posted December 7, 2010 Author Posted December 7, 2010 If that is not too "controversial"? :-) The best wisdom is always second hand...
Twilight Posted December 7, 2010 Author Posted December 7, 2010 Another: Hsa 4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because [there is] no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. The best wisdom is always second hand...
LifeHiscost Posted December 7, 2010 Posted December 7, 2010 Because is it not true that we can only ever reflect Gods thoughts, or Satans? :-) As to reflecting satan's thoughts, it's a good way of admitting we have no responsibility for thinking up our own mischief. A reason for coming to the conclusion we have no reason to repent since the devil made me do it. ""For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies," declares the Lord GOD. "Therefore, repent and live."Ezekiel 18:32 NASB God blesses!! Lift Jesus up!!
Twilight Posted December 7, 2010 Author Posted December 7, 2010 But do you think there is anything that can be called "original thought"? Can a created being move beyond the thoughts of the Creator for instance? The best wisdom is always second hand...
cricket Posted December 7, 2010 Posted December 7, 2010 Vanity, vanity! All is vanity! What does it matter if our thoughts are original, if they have been around for centuries repeated over and over, if they have only just been given voice to, or if they've been only rarely shared? I, personally, have a lot of "original" thoughts on this matter--but, I keep them to myself because they are mine and I don't choose to share.
Twilight Posted December 7, 2010 Author Posted December 7, 2010 I, personally, have a lot of "original" thoughts on this matter--but, I keep them to myself because they are mine and I don't choose to share. Then there is no means to test that... The best wisdom is always second hand...
Moderators Bravus Posted December 7, 2010 Moderators Posted December 7, 2010 But do you think there is anything that can be called "original thought"? Can a created being move beyond the thoughts of the Creator for instance? The thoughts of the Creator are infinite, so that would be by definition impossible. However the fact that the thoughts of the Creator are infinite means that, no matter how large our own knowledge of those thoughts becomes, it is still a vanishingly miniscule fraction of His thoughts. (Anything, no matter how large, when divided by infinity is zero.) That ought to lead us to a profound humility, including when the Venn diagram circle of our tiny, infinitesimal fraction doesn't coincide with someone else's tiny fraction. Truth is important
Moderators Gerr Posted December 7, 2010 Moderators Posted December 7, 2010 Please add your favourite "unoriginal" gospel thoughts below... Here is one of mine from the Apostle John: For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son... Mark :-) PS. Please try to avoid the pretension of believing one can have an "original thought" when it comes to the "truth"... Because is it not true that we can only ever reflect Gods thoughts, or Satans? :-) G: Absolutely false! "Every human being, created in the image of God, is endowed with a power akin to that of the Creator-- individuality, power to think and to do." Ed p.18 If there is no creativity, then we were not created in he image of God.
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