James, that was indeed pretty smart sounding, but even though I think those verses mean what you say they do, that seems to me like you are dangerously close to
interpreting the Bible, which we all know is wrong.
As Independent Baptists, we are supposed to
believe the Bible, not
interpret it. As you said, you are no Bible scholar and neither am I, but what I do is read the Bible, understand it as best I can, and leave it at that. Deciding what it means
exactly is not my job, I just
believe it!