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1 | May I share a simple story to help? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 15297 | ||
I find nothing at all "static or limited" in availing ourselves of every reliable resource we can lay hands on that will enhance our understanding and appreciation of this most marvelous of all books, the Holy Bible. Somehow I've never been comfortable with the idea that God expects us to put the brains He gave us upon the mantle and practice some sort of voo-doo or divination in the belief that the full measure of the riches of the Bible will come to us through telepathy or mental osmosis..... Anyone who does not know a word of Hebrew or Greek and claims to have read the word of God has, in a sense, read nothing of it, because the Bible was not written in English or in any other living language of our time. So the translation of the Bible into English is, in a very real sense, a scholarly help, an aid, a vehicle through which we may come to know God and His will for our lives. If we discount and spurn every scholarly effort that has been made with the aim of transmitting God's message to us, then we must not only throw out every commentary, every map, every historical document, but every translation as well. We must go back to the original manuscripts, the autographs. But we fail there too. All that is extant in the world are copies, copies of the original autographs, not the autographs themselves. So when we in our haste throw out the works of dedicated scholars, men and women of faith and dedication who have labored long and hard to give us God's message in a medium in which we can understand it -- when we decry the scholars and cast them out, we are most assuredly throwing out the baby with the bathwater. --Hank | ||||||
2 | When did God's inspiration stop? | Bible general Archive 1 | Sir Pent | 15364 | ||
It seems that I am being misrepresented here as trying to throw out all scholarly work throughout the centuries, and all of the wonderful things that have been discovered through knowledge of ancient languages and cultures. This is deffinately not the case. I think that this information can be very helpful for mature Christians to glean further insight into many Biblical passages. My point is quite simply that they are not necessary. In other words, they are like the dessert in the meal, they may taste sweet, but are not essential nutrients. I think that really the question becomes when did God stop inspiring His Word. If you believe that the translations that we have today are merely a "scholarly help", then I agree that regular folk can't truly read God's message to them, and that they would have to "go back to the original manuscripts". On the other hand, I believe that God loves the regular folk so much, that He has continued to inspire His message to them throughout the centuries. It just doesn't make sense that He would leave something as important as the truth and completness of the Bible to depend on the hands and minds of His fallible creation. Therefore, I believe that God has maintained ALL of the ESSENTIALS even in the current English translations of the Bible. |
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3 | When did God's inspiration stop? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 15372 | ||
Greetings Sir! I understand where you are coming from and I agree with your overall thrust. I too believe that God has providentially provided oversight to the text of the Bible. However, the devil is in the details because inspiration itself seems to only apply to the original autographs. We know that there are copies which contain mistakes. We know that some translations err. Thus, my point throughout this discussion has simply been that the original autographs in their original language were the inspired Word of God. What we have are translations of them. Granted, God has protected His Word. Granted, the translations are for the most part excellent. But, they are still translations and thus one step removed from the original. Thus, I would not want to apply the same sort of "inspiration" to the translations and copies as I would apply to the originals. By the way, this is a great discussion for Christians. Most people never even consider how we get our Bibles. I can remember when people thought that the KJV was the version which Paul used! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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4 | When did God's inspiration stop? | Bible general Archive 1 | Sir Pent | 15398 | ||
I think we might be getting a little off of the original question of this thread. Would you guys mind if we start a seperate thread focusing on the inspiration of the Bible, past and present? | ||||||
5 | When did God's inspiration stop? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 15399 | ||
Greetings Sir! That would probably be a good ideal! Would you mind doing the honors? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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