On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 19:57:07 +0000 (UTC), Mike Rhodes
wrote:

>Note: This post uses 2 Peter 3 as its reference. I had assumed this
>was actually Peter's letter, but then found a discussion saying some
>early authorities don't believe Peter wrote this. Having read that I
>now tend to agree. It seems that the writer's purpose was to do war
>against Paul's error, and may have assumed Peter's identity just for
>that reason. Nevertheless, I agree with his reason, whether or not
>Peter actually wrote it.

Supposition of an argument: If all Peter can do is give a hidden
complaint at Paul, as in 2 Peter, and not take full authority by
saying outright that Paul was wrong, then Paul, his doctrine and his
followers win validation. While Peter can only be angry about it. (?)
So let him be angry—they think.

But a number of authorities do not accept 2 Peter as Peter's. And
regardless of author, the discussion is not without merit.

And Paul's words do not match Christ's; neither before nor after His
death and resurrection.

If so, then you're showing _desparation_, and grasping at straws (and
the keys to the kingdom?)

Don't you want the truth?

Or has too much been invested in something else? I'm sure glad I'm
not in your shoes...
--
Mike


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(~) Bible Readings for Sunday Octuber 2

Isaiah 5:1-7
Philippians 3:14-21
Matthew 21:33-43

Old Testament Isaiah 5:1-7

Let me sing for my beloved
my love-song concerning his vineyard:
My beloved had a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
He dug it and cleared it of stones,
and planted it with choice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
and hewed out a wine vat in it;
he expected it to yield grapes,
but it yielded wild grapes.

And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem
and people of Judah,
judge between me
and my vineyard.
What more was there to do for my vineyard
that I have not done in it?
When I expected it to yield grapes,
why did it yield wild grapes?

And now I will tell you
what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove its hedge,
and it shall be devoured;
I will break down its wall,
and it shall be trampled down.
I will make it a waste;
it shall not be prun