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1 | Sola Scriptura supported by bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | Ray | 48428 | ||
Hi Joe, You have a good post here but I would have you look at John 17:17 and Psalm 138:2 again with the eye of capitalization giving the word Deity.*** John 17:17, "Sanctify them in the truth, Thy word is truth." Neither the Old Testament nor the New Testament Deify the word of God. So to me the Holy Bible is the word of God. When we capitalize the word then it is possibly a sign that we worship it as much as the Word Himself.*** I would like to point out also that when we give words ALL CAPITALS for stress or emphasis, then we confuse the communication. Just like the question states, "Is the Bible filled with TRUTH?" Yes, it is filled with truth and it also tells us about the Truth, but what is the question asking? I like your posts, Joe. From the heart, Ray |
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2 | Sola Scriptura supported by bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 48435 | ||
Ray: "When we capitalize the word then it is possibly a sign that we worship it as much as the Word Himself." Ray, while I recognize your penchant for capital letters, it is a common custom to stress words by capitalizing them, especially when italics are not available. I think it is pretty clear from my posts that I am not trying to deify everything I capitalize. For example, I have used the personal pronoun "I" in all of my posts (capital letter there), but I do not consider myself to be God. When I start a sentence with a capital letter, I am not attirubuting God-like characteristics to that word. It is pretty clear from the context of the post that I do not consider the Bible to be God. I do find it rather ironic, however, that you complain about me capitalizing the word "word" while you yourself capitalize the word "Bible." You are not Deifying the Bible, are you? ;) --Joe! (not God, just a man with a captitalized proper name) |
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3 | Sola Scriptura supported by bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | Ray | 48470 | ||
Hi Joe, When I wrote, I was reacting to the man who thought that people often seemed to worship the Holy Bible more than Jesus Himself. I can see how people can get that impression. I can understand your posts very well and would know all the points you have made here by reading them in context. But when we stress words, whether it be a common custom or not, it leaves it open to ambiguity and sometimes even deception on the part of some people. If we make the biblical words capital then we are giving the impression, to my mind and perhaps to the person's of whom we were writing, that we are giving it too much glory. I love the Scriptures i.e. the Holy Bible as a book and as the word of God. I do not deny its ability to sanctify us, for His word is truth. But I also have to keep available the idea that the Word is the Truth. Keep up your good work. From the heart,Ray |
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