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1 | How can the Bible be "objective" truth | Bible general Archive 1 | wak | 38232 | ||
How can the Bible be "objective" truth when good intelligent people with godly intentions, study and prayed over the Bible their entire lives, disagree on even the most basic tenets such as: what it takes to be saved?, once saved always saved?, free will, grace vs. works etc. Even the most simplest of questions (Who did Christ die on the cross for?) are not consistently answered. If the Bible was objective, wouldn't these basic (milk) questions be clear to the above Christians who are so earnest and dedicated in their pursuit of really knowing Christ? To be clear, I'm not arguing the truth part , its the "objective" part I have a problem with |
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2 | How can the Bible be "objective" truth | Bible general Archive 1 | Radioman | 38338 | ||
Flippancy dealing with Scripture. This verse means to me.... "Avoid superficial interpretation...avoid superficial interpretation. One of the common problems in interpreting the Bible is this little phrase, "This verse means to me...." so forth and so forth and so forth. Let me tell you something. It doesn't matter what it means to you, the question is what would it mean if you didn't live? What would it mean if you didn't exist? What does it mean period is the issue, not what does it mean to you. "Sometimes you'll hear people get together and supposedly have a Bible study which is little more than a pooling of ignorance. People say, "Well, I look at this verse and I feel this verse is saying..." It doesn't matter what you feel. That has nothing to do with it. It's not a matter of how you feel about the verse, it's not a matter of what you think it means to you. Avoid adlibbing in Bible interpretation. Avoid free wheeling in Bible interpretation. Haphazard handling of God's Word. "We all want to acknowledge the priesthood of the believer...yes, we all want to acknowledge that we have anointing from God, the Spirit of God who dwells within us and the Spirit of God who dwells within us is the teacher who teaches us. We all want to acknowledge that. But that is not justification for flippancy dealing with Scripture. That's why in 1 Timothy 5:17 it says, "The elders who work hard in the Scripture are worthy of double honor." It is hard work. Avoid superficial interpretation. Avoid "this means to me." That is not a statement that should preface any interpretation of Scripture. The question is, what does it mean if you don't exist? What did it mean before you were born? And what will mean it after you're dead? What does it mean to people who will never meet you? What does it mean period, is the issue." (John MacArthur at www.gty.org/Broadcast/transcripts/90-157.htm) |
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3 | How can the Bible be "objective" truth | Bible general Archive 1 | wak | 38343 | ||
If I read the Psalms, which i love, and David is going on about his many human enemies. Can I in my own mind,for me , interpret that as Satan or even my " self" (my worst enemy). Is that flippant or taking the scripture out of its pure context? Am I breaking a rule? | ||||||