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1 | Mat 5:27-28. Adultery. | Prov 5:1 | ebrain | 178720 | ||
Hi Mark. Thank you for your post, asking if I believe that the Greek New Testament was inspired by the Holy Spirit. I believe that there is what I would describe as both Primary, and Secondary Inspiration. Primary Inspiration is responsible for the "Autographs", only, and not the copies, or the translations, and that Secondary Inspiration is applicablt to all three groups. As the autographs are no longer available for study, secondary only needs to be considered here. In my lifetime more that fifty different versions of the English Bible have been published, although a number were only of the NT. Non of these are exact word for word translations, as we do not have the originals, and in any case they are in a different language, I am not however saying that the translators did not have Divine assistance in producing their version. Any Reference Bible, will have marginal notes, and footnotes indicating such things as "Meaning of word unknown", or "The earliest manuscripts do not include", or "can also be translated as", ect, ect. Take for example Mark 16:9-20, which is considered as a later addition. Now have a look at v18, and tell me do you realy think that the Holy Spirit wants christians to put the Lord to the test by drinking deadly poison in order to prove that thay are the real thing, when Jesus who was asked the same question, said "Thou shall not put the Lord thy God to the test".? Now let me explain what I mean by "Secondary Inspiration". The Holy Scriptures whether autographs, copies, or translations are like no other writings in the universe, they are Supernatural, spiritual. and spiritual things have to be spiritually dscerened, the natural man is just not able to understand The Bible, and this is where the Holy Spirit comes in, He causes the man to be "Born again", then the man will say, "now I understand it, now it all makes sense, it's a different book alltogether", oh no it is not, the book is just the same as it has allways been, it's you the reader who havs been changed, and thereby been enabled to understand it. I may say something more on this subject at a later date, but for the time being, I hope the above will help to answer your question. The Lord bless you brother. Edwin. |
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2 | Mat 5:27-28. Adultery. | Prov 5:1 | Hank | 178740 | ||
Hello, Edwin - Of course, no one in the New Testament is reported to have handled snakes nor to have been commanded to do so, which makes the argument sophistic and the illustration academic. ...... When I was growing up in eastern Tennessee many years ago, there was a "holiness" church near Chattanooga that practiced snake handling. It was quite a spectacle and people came from far and wide to see it. The nearest present-day counterpart to the carnival atmosphere that surrounded the snake handlings would be the faith healings staged by Benny Hinn and others of his feather. I recall vividly still the big news event occasioned by one of the practictioners having become the victim of a fatal bite by an uncooperative rattle snake, whereupon civil authorities moved in and put an end, at least temporarily, to the snake handling nonsense, much to the disappointment of those who had come to depend on the events as sprightly amusement. I am not aware whether this religious cult ever resumed the dangerous practice, which, it seems to me, is an example par excellence of putting God to the test. But not any more than invoking the name of God and yelling "Be healed" to a person with a terminal illness. What truly is amazing, my British brother, is the ease with which human beings can find Bible loopholes where there really are none, speak loudly on those issues about which Scripture is silent, and blissfully ignore other issues about which Scripture fairly shouts! O, if only finite man would inculcate 2 Timothy 2:15 into his soul, print it, as it were, indelibly on his heart and commit it to his memory cells, what a difference it would make in Christianity today! If Christians round the world became Bereans instead of blind sheep, it would put the charlatans out of business. --Hank | ||||||
3 | Mat 5:27-28. Adultery. | Prov 5:1 | ebrain | 178766 | ||
Hi Hank. You say. "Of course, no one in the New Testament is reported to have handled snakes". Might I with respect draw your attention to Acts 28:3-5, I will refer to these verses again when dealing with the last part of Mark's Gospel. Thank you for what you have said about "Snake Handling", I have heard of this before in respect of a group of pentecostals operating in the area of the Catskill Mountains. I believe that verses 9 through 20 of Mark Ch 16 are human additions, but allowed to be there with Divine permission in order to give believers yet another opportunity to exercise that faith without wich it is impossible to please God, see Hebrews 11:6. Let me explain. False teaching is allways introduced, and disguised by being liberally surrounded with plenty of good sound teaching, I have no problem whatsoever with eleven of these twelve verses, but v 18, is where the "Deadly Poison" is introduced, and see with what subtly the first part of this verse is used to introduce you to it, some readers will say, "Why yes, Paul handled a deadly snake, and it did not do him any harm, therefore the rest of this verse must be ok. It has been said that the Holy Spirit will not tempt people to put God to the test, and this is of course true. It was not the Holy Spirit that tempted Jesus, but the Devil, although it was in fact the Holy Spirit who wrote Psalm 91:11-12. It will not be the Holy Spirit who will ask you to drink deadly poison, but a servant of the enemy of God, who will say something like "If you really are a christian, then do this for it is written, ect, ect". Need I say any more, no doubt I will. but for the time being this will have to do. ebrain. |
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