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To: ADSUM
Knowing more about his emotions and reactions would be a helpful guide to all.

Apparently God disagrees since He did not inspire Matthew to include anything about it in his narrative.

13 posted on 12/06/2010 11:56:30 AM PST by DManA
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To: DManA
Apparently God disagrees since He did not inspire Matthew to include anything about it in his narrative.

On the other hand, He has inspired many people to consider the question that is raised precisely because of the paucity of information in Matthew's narrative.

So following your logic, those who aren't asking questions as a result of Matthew's narrative aren't following the curiosity that God wants them to follow - otherwise God would have made the narrative perfectly clear to everyone.

So in this case, questioning the deeper meaning of the narrative is following the will of God. In fact, it is possible God desires such investigation as a matter of course. What a concept - that God gives His children curiosity in order for them to use it.

16 posted on 12/06/2010 12:07:29 PM PST by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on its own.)
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To: DManA

Excellent answer.

Man should never add or detract to the Word. If God wants us to know, it will be revealed in scripture.

God Bless


39 posted on 12/06/2010 1:44:49 PM PST by Vegasrugrat
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To: DManA

Obviously, Joseph made the right choice and would be insightful to understand his decsion making.

From Father Rosica’s comments on “Verbum Domini”:
Rather than leading people into the heart of God’s Word, we have driven some away or elsewhere! We simply need to revive it and rekindle the flame around the Scriptures once again. Perhaps some people who did Bible or Scripture studies felt that they “mastered” the topic and could move on to other things. When we study the Word of God and try to base our lives on it, we never master it. Rather, the Word masters us and we become its humble servants.


41 posted on 12/06/2010 2:20:14 PM PST by ADSUM (Democracy works when citizens get involved and keep government honest.)
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