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1 | Why are there disagreements... | 2 Tim 2:15 | kalos | 109700 | ||
Even the people who don't use commentaries disagree with each other. Why is that, since believers are indwelt by the Holy Spirit? New Creature: You make good points in your Note. I do not necessarily disagree with your points, but my original question was not: "With believers consulting commentaries, why do we not all come to the same conclusions on the interpretation of various passages of Scripture?" My original question was: "With the Holy Spirit indwelling believers, why do we not all come to the same conclusions...?" That is, when people claim that to interpret Scripture correctly all they need is their Bible and the Holy Spirit, what they often imply is that they do not need anything else. They imply that since they are indwelt by the Holy Spirit, then all of their interpretations must be correct. My question is: if that is true, then why do we not all come to the same conclusions? The focus of my original question is not on people who rely on commentaries AND the Holy Spirit. It is on those who rely on me and my Bible and the Holy Spirit. If this is all one needs to interpret accurately, then why are there disagreements on the interpretation of Scripture? New Creature, please understand, I am not disputing you. Rather, I sincerely wonder: since we all claim the ministry of the Holy Spirit in interpreting Scripture, you would think we would all reach the same conclusions. But, we don't. Why don't we? Even the people who don't use commentaries disagree with each other. Why is that? Bless you, kalos |
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2 | Why are there disagreements... | 2 Tim 2:15 | New Creature | 109716 | ||
kalos; In my last reply, I mentioned one of the reasons why believers do not arrive at the same conclusions regarding the meaning of Scripture. Another reason is one I will now mention because I personally experienced it. When I first became a believer, I was a new born baby in Christ, I thought as a spritual baby in Christ thought. As I continued in the faith, my understanding of Scripture increased. Then I arrived at a point where some the things I previously thought were Scripturally accurate were now found by me to be Scripturally inaccurate. I had to depart from my previous thoughts about what I initially thought Scripture said, because my understanding was imperfect. What I am trying to say is that in the Christian community, we have believers at various levels of spiritual maturity in their faith. Experience tells me this is another reason we don't all draw the same conclusions about Scripture. Spurgeon once was quoted as saying: "we read Scripture with the simplicity of a child, and whatever we find therein to state it; and if It may not seem to agree with something we have hitherto held, we are prepared to cast away every doctrine of our own, rather than one passage of scripture." I think if each of is honest with ourselves we will see that we have had to adjust our thinking about the meaning of certain Scripture as we have matured in the faith. I know I have had to. Grace to you New Creature |
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