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1 | Does the Bible ever lie? | Heb 6:18 | praisemaster | 33248 | ||
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2 | Does the Bible ever lie? | Heb 6:18 | Robert Nicholson | 33249 | ||
Hi Praisemaster: I believe that people who read the Bible sometimes lie and abuse the Bible to their own selfish ends. Other mistakenly try to intrepret the Bible and find themselves lost with seeming contradictions, all because they have not learned that "scripture interprets scripture". The Word of God which we call the Bible does not and cannot lie. It is God breathed by the Holy Spirit. However, when we read the Bible we must try to understand each book through the eyes to those to whom it was given within the context of their culture and social framework. We also must remember that although the Bible has many authors who where moved by the Holy Spirit to write down God's message to humankind, behind all of these authors we have the divine Author, God himself. The Bible consists of many individual books and yet is one book in itself. I am not sure of the purpose of your question. It may be due to seeming inconsistences which we may find when we read the Bible. We must remember that no one "scripture is of private interpretation" (2 Peter 1:20),but must be interpreted in harmony with the entire book. I believe this is why Paul speaks to Timothy saying "Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman which needth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (2 Timothy 2:15) Paul also writes " All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be mature, throughly furnished unto all good works" 2 Tim. 3:16-17 Finally, I believe there are translations of the Bible which are more accurate than others. That is why we must compare translations and try to go back to original languages where and if possible. What do you think Praisemaster, does the Bible lie? God bless you Robert |
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3 | Does the Bible ever lie? | Heb 6:18 | praisemaster | 33296 | ||
Hi Robert Nicholson, Thanks so much for your answer. But I have found myself at a strange paradox, for what lies in the scriptures themselves. Because it says in John 8:44 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. KJV So would it not be pertinent to express that the words of God or Iesous (Jesus) are of truth, but wouldn't it not be just as important to say the words of the Devil,Satan,Etc. are but his words and nothing but a lie because he's the Father of it? And are not his words within the scriptures as well. And they are but a LIE. PRAISEMASTER |
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4 | Does the Bible ever lie? | Heb 6:18 | Hank | 33309 | ||
Praisemaster, I denote a possible semantics problem you seem to be having with your question and your comment on it. Let me amplify what I mean. The question being asked is, Does the Bible ever lie? We may answer that in the negative, because God says that His word is truth. Now your point of difficulty seems to rest in the fact that since some of Satan's words are in the Bible, and since Satan is a liar and the father of lies, then why would it not follow that the Bible, since it contains some of Satan's remarks which are lies, is itself lying? It would be lying in a real sense if it sanctioned or endorsed any of Satan's lies, but it doesn't. It refutes them and condemns them in the strongest terms. If you tell a friend that bird dogs can fly, you are telling him a lie. If you tell a friend that some wind bag down at the barber shop told you a tall tale that bird dogs can fly, you are not lying; you are merely relating (and refuting) what some liar said. There is a vast difference between the two. --Hank | ||||||