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Jude the Obscure
Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2000 - 4:43 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Dr. Tazz,

Can you prove to us from Scripture alone we should accept Ellen G. white as more of a true prophet than, say, Billy Graham?

Jude
Jude the Obscure
Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2000 - 4:48 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Dear Dr. Tazz,

Can you show us that Ellen G. White did not make Jesus Christ less than God? That she did not identify Jesus Christ as Michael, a mere archangel?

Jude
Jude the Obscure
Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2000 - 4:52 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Dear Dr. Tazz,

Can you find as much as one complete declarative statement from the pen of Ellen G. White -- whether copied from others or not copied from others -- which shows unambiguously that Jesus Christ is fully and completely God?

Jude
Jude the Obscure
Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2000 - 4:57 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Dear Dr. Tazz,

Can you prove to us from the writings of Ellen White that the true Christian can ALWAYS say, "I am saved." And can you show that she did NOT say, The Christian should never say, "I am saved"?

Your fellow Christian,

Jude
Jude the Obscure
Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2000 - 5:15 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Dear Dr. Tazz,

You wrote:

"Yes, I lived during Glacier View'. I know about
Desmond Ford (who, believe it or not, I greatly
admire). I read 'The White Lie, and I am aware
of the 1917 meetings and A. G. Daniels. I am
aware of plagiarism and the 'Shut Door Doctrine'.
All of this was impactful, but I didn't throw the
baby out with the bath water. I am a Seventh-day
Adventist who is happy and at peace."

Can you tell us what "the baby" is? Or who "the baby" is? What or who is it specifically that you did not "throw out"?

Your brother in Christ,

Jude
Jude the Obscure
Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2000 - 5:45 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Dear Dr. Tazz,

I'm going to quote Paul for you -- Colossians 2:13-19, NIV -- and then I will ask you some questions. Are you game?

"When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. HE forgave us all our sins, having CANCELED THE WRITTEN CODE, WITH ITS REGULATIONS, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; HE TOOK IT AWAY, NAILING IT TO THE CROSS. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

THEREFORE DO NOT LET ANYONE JUDGE YOU BY WHAT YOU EAT OR DRINK, OR WITH REGARD TO a religious festival, a new moon celebration A SABBATH DAY. THESE ARE A SHADOW of the things that were to come; THE REALITY, however, IS FOUND IN CHRIST. Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the THE WORSHIP OF ANGELS disqualify you for the prize. Such a person goes into great detail about what he has seen, and his unspiritual mind puffs him up with idle notions. He has lost connection with the Head, from whom the hole body, supported and held togethert by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow."

******* Q U E S T I O N *******

I believe that "the written code, with its regulations" was the law of God as found in the first five books of the Bible or Torah. The NIV Study Bible footnote says this: Written code. A business term, meaning a certificate of indebtedness in the debtor's handwriting. Paul uses it as a designation for the Mosaic law, with all its regulations, under which everyone is a debtor to God."

Now do you disagree with this interpretation, which almost all Christian scholars accept? Or do you think the "written code" means something else?

Looking foreward to your answer,

Jude
Jude the Obscure
Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2000 - 5:53 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Dear Dr. Tazz,

I'm going to quote the same passage from Paul for you -- Colossians 2:13-19, NIV -- and then I will ask you some more questions. Are you still with me?

"When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. HE forgave us all our sins, having CANCELED THE WRITTEN CODE, WITH ITS REGULATIONS, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; HE TOOK IT AWAY, NAILING IT TO THE CROSS. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

THEREFORE DO NOT LET ANYONE JUDGE YOU BY WHAT YOU EAT OR DRINK, OR WITH REGARD TO a religious festival, a new moon celebration A SABBATH DAY. THESE ARE A SHADOW of the things that were to come; THE REALITY, however, IS FOUND IN CHRIST. Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the THE WORSHIP OF ANGELS disqualify you for the prize. Such a person goes into great detail about what he has seen, and his unspiritual mind puffs him up with idle notions. He has lost connection with the Head, from whom the hole body, supported and held togethert by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow."

******* Q U E S T I O N S *******

I believe that the cancellation of "the written code," the nailing of it "to the cross" represented the finished fulfillment of the deeds of the Torah law -- which includes the Ten Commandment law, which includes the Fourth Commandment, the Sabbath Commandment -- by Jesus Christ's life and death.

What do you think it means? How was "the written code" canceled? What did Paul mean by saying Jesus Christ nailed it to the cross?

Waiting for your answer,

Jude

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