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1 | Sola Scriptura supported by bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | dschaertel | 48594 | ||
"A normal reading would indicate that Gen. 1-2, like the rest of Genesis, is an historical account! This is why people are bothered by the term parable. " You make a reasonable point. But if we actually examine the text of the story, I guess I have to question it as being literal history. The imagery is quite fanciful and symbolic. Again, think about the meaning of these things. The tree of knowledge of good and evil. When you read about this tree, do you think that it is a literal tree? Is that the point of the story? Did God really want us to know that there is a tree somewhere that makes us to be like him? What about the serpent that must eat dust and crawl on his belly "all the days of his life"? I am not a science expert, but I am not convinced that is how the snake was created. And what happened to the Garden when the flood came? Did it get washed away and did the serpent die then? Didn't every creature on earth die except those in the ark? Do you think that it is possible to find the Garden somewhere? Is the Angel still there guarding the entrance? Has God allowed his paradise to vanish from the earth, and he didn't tell us? I curious, when do you think man became artistic? When did he learn to tell stories that express things without being literally true? Where did he learn to do this? From God, or somewhere else? But again, not to belabour a point... but still.. nobody has answered the question. Where in the Bible does it tell us anything about Bible? and where does it teach anything about Sola Scriptura? |
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2 | Sola Scriptura supported by bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 48617 | ||
Greetings Dschaertel! I'm on my way out the door, so I'll have to make this quick! 1) Creation account! The tree was simply a test of obedience. We all understand that God knew man would fall, the tree was simply the item that God used to provide us with the opportunity to obey or disobey. It apparently had the ability to prolong our lives. But, to me, the question isn't whether or not we think the story is fanciful - the question is what does the Bible say! :-) Concerning your other questions, the Bible simply doesn't say what happened to the Garden after the flood. 2) Canon: There isn't a verse which says that there will only be a certain number of verses. But, the New Testament does recoginize, and deal with, the fact that only some books are God-breathed. As I've mentioned before, the Canon is a logical necessity. Obviously, not all books are inspired, so the Canon is simply a way to identity those which are and are not. The main criteria in the New Testament being that the authors had to be someone who was an apostle or close associate of an apostle. The whole point of Sola Scriptura is simply that the books of the Canon are the only rule of faith and practice. God may use someone today to provide interesting and helpful insights, but everything is judged by what has already been revealed. It is a reasonable and logical position. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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3 | Sola Scriptura supported by bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | dschaertel | 48794 | ||
"The tree was simply a test of obedience." So you don't see the signifcance of the fact that the tree was called the knowledge of good and evil? You think this is just some useless extra information? Personally I think if that is the case you are missing the whole meaning of the story. The tree is signicant. They get kicked out of the Graden because they became like God by eating from this particular tree. Read it again. I think you are missing something. "But, the New Testament does recoginize, and deal with, the fact that only some books are God-breathed" Actually it says that "ALL" scripture is God breathed. Not just some of it. The question is of course what is scripture? Where does the Bible tell us what it is? You can't just say the Bible. Men wrote it and decided which books were in it. If you are going to say it is ordained by God which books are in it, show me where that ordination is? Where is the prophecy that there would be a New Testament with 27 books? |
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4 | Sola Scriptura supported by bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 48801 | ||
dschaertel, obviously the answer to your question regarding what consititutes Scripture has not been answered to your satisfaction on this forum, and it appears unlikely that it will be. So why don't you avail yourself of some of the off-forum resources that have been recommended to you, especially those that Reformer Joe has suggested? In addition you might find it helpful to look into a book by Josh McDowell called 'The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict.' It is both disruptive and highly counter-productive to ask the same question over and over. If you are a member of a Christian church, why not discuss your questions with your pastor? If you aren't, it should be easy enough to locate a learned pastor in your community with whom you can confer and who may well be equipped to help you a great deal, if you are, in fact, a sincere seeker after real answers to your questions about the Canon and what constitutes Scripture and why. If you seek to find a prophecy to the effect that the New Testament would consist of 27 books, and if it takes something so sweeping as this to convince you of the validity of the Canon, you, my friend, will remain unconvinced for the rest of your life. But if you are looking to find reasonable and time-honored evidence that the 27 books of the New Testament and the 39 books of the Old Testament are indeed the inspired word of God, you will find an abundance of evidence that points in that direction. So seek and you will find. --Hank | ||||||