Hello Major,
Yes that is correct, I believe a lot of the letters where written to believers in many different areas of the earth at that time. You can notice them in many of the introductory first verses of who is writing and who it is being sent to. All of these people have passed away and are gone now. The Bible only has some application to us now and not everything in it in my view of the scripture. Reading the Bible is very helpful to spiritual growth and also growing in faith in Gods promises.
I would offer.
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it is writen by the finger of God.. . sola scriptura (all things written in the law and prohets) has nothing to do with people passing away . But rather a new born again spirit that works giving new spirit life from within .
The Bible is not a private interpretation of man or personal commentary. . If he wrote it to one. . its provides the good news to all who hear and believe as the Spirit works within .
In that way beleivers as new creatures receive the end of faith (Christ's) that works in us from the beginning .
This shows the word of God is not of ones private interpretation as a witness of men . It is the witness of God not seen .Two kinds of witnesses .
Satan would have mankind believe its all one in the same witness .and therefore don't trust the unseen Holy Spirit but rather mix faith in what a person does see or hear .
Like in the gospel below
1 Peter 1:9-11
Receiving the
end of your
faith, even the
salvation of your
souls. Of which
salvation the prophets have enquired and searched
diligently, who prophesied of the
grace that should come unto
you: Searching what, or what
manner of time the
Spirit of Christ which was
in them did
signify, when
it testified beforehand the
sufferings of Christ, and the
glory that should follow.
They having the same spirit of faith as it is written looked ahead by it we can look back
2 Corinthians 4:13 We having the same
spirit of
faith, according as
it is
written,
I believed, and therefore have I spoken;
we also believe, and therefore speak;
No private letters writen to, for or from any believer. I would think we
can serve a living, abiding word.
1 John 5:9 If we receive the
witness of men, the
witness of God is
greater: for
this is the
witness of God which
he hath testified of
his Son.
A good study of the diffrences between the witness of man and the unsen witness of God can be beneficail in ignoring the wiles of the devil .in a hope of rightly dividing
Usurping the greatest witness "Gods witness". It is how the father of lies works to decieve in any generation under the Sun .
around noon. LOL
