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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: EddyT Ordered by Date |
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1 | Two versions of conversation? | Matt 27:44 | EddyT | 106582 | ||
I'm not sure how this can be interpreted as a personal attack on the Bible's authority. I acknowledge that the Bible is the inspired word of God. I said as much in my question. Certainly, my apologies if anyone felt I was attacking them or anything else. My question was sincere, and I believe it was well-stated without resorting to sensationalism or degrading language. If this forum is open to those of us who would like both to ask the tough questions and to earnestly seek the answers, then I feel blessed to have found it. If such topics are taboo, then perhaps I am in the wrong place. My apologies once more. Eddy |
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2 | Two versions of conversation? | Matt 27:44 | EddyT | 106578 | ||
Matthew 27:44 states "The robbers who had been crucified with Him were also insulting Him with the same words." But Luke 23:39-41 says "One of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at Him, saying, 'Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!' But the other answered, and rebuking him said, 'Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.'" I find it extremely difficult to reconcile these two accounts, except to say that one is in error. Either both of the robbers insulted Christ on the cross, or only one did. But both statements can't be true. My explanation is that (like the rest of the Bible) these are man-written accounts of God's message. The message (Jesus died on Calvary, and was despised by the human race he came to save) is true, but the words used are man's, subject to all the fallibility and imprecision to which we are prone. How do others cope with interpreting passages such as these? |
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3 | Bible to be taken literally? | Not Specified | EddyT | 106244 | ||
There are a number of scriptural passages where it is difficult for me to accept or understand them literally. For example, Jesus said that all the old laws were to remain in effect (Matt 5:18 "For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished.") But a few verses later he gives an example of a law that was changed (Matt 5:43-44 "You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." How is it possible to reconcile these two statements, if we accept them literally? He is definitely saying two different things, here. |
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4 | Bible to be taken literally? | Matthew | EddyT | 106246 | ||
There are a number of scriptural passages where it is difficult for me to accept or understand them literally. For example, Jesus said that all the old laws were to remain in effect (Matt 5:18 "For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished.") But a few verses later he gives an example of a law that was changed (Matt 5:43-44 "You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." How is it possible to reconcile these two statements, if we accept them literally? He is definitely saying two different things, here. |
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5 | Bible to be taken literally? | Matthew | EddyT | 106248 | ||
There are a number of scriptural passages where it is difficult for me to accept or understand them literally. For example, Jesus said that all the old laws were to remain in effect (Matt 5:18 "For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished.") But a few verses later he gives an example of a law that was changed (Matt 5:43-44 "You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." How is it possible to reconcile these two statements, if we accept them literally? He is definitely saying two different things, here. |
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6 | Did death come by Adam to the creation? | Rom 8:22 | EddyT | 106169 | ||
Adam's original sin brought SPIRITUAL death to mankind. PHYSICAL death existed previously. Consider God's words after Adam ate of the Tree of Knowledge: "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever" (Gen 3:22 NASB). Since God was concerned that Adam could BECOME immortal by eating from the Tree of Life, it logically follows that Adam was not physically immortal to start with. |
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