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1 | Where's the LOVE | Matt 12:34 | Hank | 82191 | ||
So then, if 2 Timothy 3:16 refers solely to the Old Testament, it not only spits in the face of what Peter said in 2 Peter 3:15,16, but it casts a pall of serious doubt upon the validity of the entire New Testament as well. To interpret 2 Timothy 3:16 in this manner is a glaring example of the path down which an irresponsible and untutored eisegesis of scripture can lead. If 2 Timothy 3:16 refers to the Old Testament only, one is obliged to draw the inference that the New Testament constitues unscriptual writings and are thus apocryphal if not patently spurious. This view of course knocks down the entire foundation of Christianity. But it doesn't stop there. If the entire New Testament is unreliable, then what Paul said to Timothy about all scripture being God-breathed may likewise be thrown into question since it comprises a portion of the dubious New Testament. Hence, it is by this measure quite legitimate to question the reliability of the entire Bible. It is axiomatic, it seems to me, that the gross misinterpretation of one passage of scripture frequently results in a fatal and chaotic rupture of sound doctrine because it disrupts the perfect harmony of scripture, making it all but impossible to handle aright the word of truth as Paul taught Timothy to do. [2 Timothy 2:15]. The eisegesis of one passage often has the domino effect of leading to the eisegis of another and so on. There are broad paths to error and they are easy to find, but the path to truth is far more difficult [See Matthew 7:13,14]. Conclusions seem to have an aversion to being pounced upon. When they are jumped at, often as not they rebound with a false message. --Hank | ||||||
2 | Where's the LOVE | Matt 12:34 | Asis | 82222 | ||
Hank my brother At the time Paul was writing 2 Timothy 3:16 there was no New Testament. How could Scripture refer to something that didn't exist. 2 Peter 3:16,15 qualified Paul's writing as scripture. Hence that which is the New Testament is scripture. Read some history along with the bible, it is helpful. Paul wrote 2 Tim about 68 AD while 2 Pet was written between and around 61 to 65 AD. Do you think Paul knew he was writing scripture? Did John? Did James? Did Jude? Did Peter? That my friend is a heady thing. We, on the other hand, look back into the writings of the New Testament and we see scripture from our vantaqge point. How did the Bible we use come into the form we have today. By the way I never said the New Testament was not scripture. You are trying to put words in my mouth. |
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