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1 | 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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2 | Sola Scriptura supported by bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 48841 | ||
Greetings Dschaertel! Allow me to respond my friend! 1) Tree of Knowledge: I must have missed something somewhere. You were the one who thought that the tree wasn't real. I responded that it was and that it had some interesting properties. So, I'm not sure what you are responding to my friend! 2) Canon: My statement: "But, the New Testament does recoginize, and deal with, the fact that only some books are God-breathed" was intended to refer to books outside of the New Testament. I apoligize if I did not make myself clear enough. My point was that all Scripture is inspired, but not all writtings are Scripture. The canon reflects the judgement of the church that these 27 books are inspired, while others are not. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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3 | Sola Scriptura supported by bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | dschaertel | 48842 | ||
Tim, Whether the tree is real or not isn't the issue. The tree (being the knowledge of good and evil) is very relevent to the story. If we miss the meaning of the tree, then I think we miss the meaning of the story. They didn't get kicked out of the garden because the disobeyed. They got kicked out because now that they had become like God (knowing good and evil) they must not be able to eat from the tree of life. The knowledge of good and evil is man's attempt to judge. The word for God means judge. When we take that role on for ourselves we are taking what is God's. He said eat from any tree except that one. This excersize may not seem like it has much to do with the doctrine of Sola Scriptura, but it does in the sense that if we don't read the Bible and take seriously what it says, then we can make up all kinds of doctrine to fit our needs. Sola Scriptura is not taught in the scriptures. It was an invention in response to the oppresion of the Catholic hierarchy. The reformers thought that if every man could read and decide for himself what the Bible said, then we would be free. But actually the opposite has happened. It turns out that everybody has their own interpretation and people impute all kinds of meaning into the scriptures that just isn't there. There are ove 30,000 protestant denominations in the world today. Sola Scriptura just hasn't been what the reformers dreamed that it would be. My suspicion is that if Luther couls see the state of the church today, he would second guess is beliefs. |
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4 | Sola Scriptura supported by bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 48843 | ||
Greetings Dschaertel! I've been responding to your questions, so how about answering mine! 1) Are all writtings equally inspired? 2) If not, how do you decided which ones are inspired and which ones are not? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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5 | Sola Scriptura supported by bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | dschaertel | 48845 | ||
"1) Are all writtings equally inspired? " Not sure what you mean by all writings. If I have a significant event in my life, and I later write a book about it, I could say that the event inspired the book. I guess the level of ispiriation is related to the person and the experience that thay had. Certainly Paul would qualify to write inspired text. The level of inspiredness is validated by the experience and the sources of the author. "2) If not, how do you decided which ones are inspired and which ones are not? " Like I said, it is largely due to the experience and position of the author. Inspired simply means that God has motivated poeple by His presence and His grace. In response people have written and acted out of gratitude and obedience. If you are changed, then I guess you could say you are inspired. |
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