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181 | Even Heathens Know the Value of Fruit | Titus 3:14 | DocTrinsograce | 243586 | ||
"Never call yourself a philosopher, nor talk a great deal among the unlearned about theorems, but act conformably to them. Thus, at an entertainment, don't talk how persons ought to eat, but eat as you ought. For remember that in this manner Socrates also universally avoided all ostentation. And when persons came to him and desired to be recommended by him to philosophers, he took and recommended them, so well did he bear being overlooked. So that if ever any talk should happen among the unlearned concerning philosophic theorems, be you, for the most part, silent. For there is great danger in immediately throwing out what you have not digested. And, if anyone tells you that you know nothing, and you are not nettled at it, then you may be sure that you have begun your business. For sheep don't throw up the grass to show the shepherds how much they have eaten; but, inwardly digesting their food, they outwardly produce wool and milk. Thus, therefore, do you likewise not show theorems to the unlearned, but the actions produced by them after they have been digested." --Epictetus (55-135) |
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182 | The Ninth Commandment | Ex 23:1 | DocTrinsograce | 243585 | ||
"You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. You shall not follow the masses in doing evil, nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after a multitude in order to pervert justice; nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his dispute." (Exodus 23:1-3) "Why are the nations in an uproar And the peoples devising a vain thing?" (Psalms 2:1) Denialism is a practice that is a common practice in our world, dating back to our First Parents themselves. We may think of historical revisionism as a practice primarily belonging to Marxism. However, it is not just a matter of class politics or even reactionism. We also see this in various manifestations in the Scriptures. It can be traced to this very day, and, no doubt, until God's eternal purpose is fulfilled (Revelation 22:15b). This bearing of a false report is even common in among the "People of the Book." It can even be found, much to our shame, in evangelicalism. Thus, the contemporary Christian joins hands with atheist, the malicious witness. How is it that those who take the name Christian, can be so much like the heathen, devising a vain thing? Ask the believers around you if they even know the Ninth Commandment. On this Labor Day, I have been contemplating this thing. We see in the Word that it God gives this commandment in a negative form; i.e., do not lie. Yet not lying is only half of what is intended. We are to love the truth, live the truth, know the truth. Doing this is a costly thing. Does it surprise anyone that it would be otherwise? Not only is striving for the truth a matter of continuous effort, but may well cost us our life. The martyrs knew this. Is there anyone who can look at things that are happening here and around the world who do not understand that this struggle is a matter of life and death? Yet even more than this, it is the very nature and character of our King -- as we see in the last chapter of Revelation, for example. Digging for the truth is certainly an effort of Biblical study; it is why we want a translation like the NASB. It also means having great suspicion concerning what the world says across the Internet. It is having great suspicion for what our pastors, elders, and teachers say. More than that, it is having even greater suspicion about what we ourselves feel and think (Jeremiah 17:9). As children of the King, we strive for truth in this earth, in its past, in our nations, in our communities, in our church, and -- most of all -- in our selves. Absurd things are happening in our world, as we see the psalmist tell us in Psalm 2. But we are called to do homage to the Son. It starts right here. Knowing the truth in our head; loving the truth in our hearts; doing the truth in our hands; and living the truth by our habits. To that end let us pray for grace from our God who has not spared anything that we need unto righteousness. |
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183 | The right Bible for you? | Bible general | DocTrinsograce | 243584 | ||
Dear Justme, Reformed theology is the orthodox Biblical teaching known as the Five Solas; Faith alone, Scripture alone, Grace alone, Christ alone, and Glory to God alone. These doctrines were primarily articulated by Martin Luther in the 16th century. The Roman Church did a very thorough explanation and denial of them in the Canons of the Council of Trent over a . The Solas are the superset of Biblical Christian teaching; sometimes it is even called the Five Pillars of Christianity. http://www.alliancenet.org/cambridge-declaration Calvinism is a subset of Biblical teaching. Not all who are Reformed are Calvinists (e.g., Lutheran, Anglican, Episcopalian, Methodism, and the majority of other denominations (independent or otherwise), particularly those which originated here in America.) Calvinism is often called the Doctrines of Grace (something that John Calvin would have much preferred). These Biblical teachings are a subset of Reformed theology; indeed, one cannot be a Calvinist if they are not also Reformed. An analogy would be: No horse can be an animal that is not a mammal. (If you meet anyone who claims to be a Calvinist but not Reformed, they simply do not understand the categories properly.) The doctrines of Grace were most clearly documented in the Netherlands in the Council of Dort (1619); although they are also articulated in John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, written a century before; and by Augustine of Hippo in the 4th century; however Calvinists are persuaded that they were originally expressed in the greatest systematic theology by Paul in his epistle to the Romans. These doctrines are remembered with the acronym TULIP, although there are far more to them than just that mnemonic. https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/onsite/gracelist.html Replacement theology is also known as supersessionism; it is something that does not necessarily fall into Reformed thinking. Basically, it asserts that Biblical Judaism falls short of God's eternal purpose, which is fulfilled in Jesus Christ; thus the Old Covenant is replaced by the New Covenant. That is the traditional Christian perspective, all the way back to the earliest times of the church. There are many variations that now form a spectrum from one extreme to another. On one side, there are those who assert that Jews have no place at all in God's redemptive plan; that they are not part of His plan at all. On the other side, people maintain that the Jews will be saved in addition to Christians without the necessity to find that salvation in Christ. I hope that these brief paragraphs will be helpful to you. There is a book that is very short and easy to read, written by Rev. Daniel R. Hyde, that is entitled "Welcome to a Reformed Church." The book is very inexpensive. However, you can read it free here: http://www.wtsbooks.com/common/pdf_links/9781567692037.pdf In Him, Doc |
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184 | Promise of Eternal Blessedness to Adam | Lev 18:5 | DocTrinsograce | 243582 | ||
"III. However, the received opinion among the orthodox is that the promise given to Adam was not only of a happy life to be continued in paradise, but of a heavenly and eternal life (to which he was to be carried after the course of perfect obedience and perseverance had been run and which God had prescribed to him as a trial of his faith). Hence it is evident that the question is not whether Adam had the privilege of immortality in his upright state (which we have proved before against Socinus). The question is not whether the promise was given to him of happiness and life perpetually to endure, if he had persisted in integrity (which the learned men, with whom we here dispute, do not deny). Rather the question is whether that happiness and life were to be passed in heaven or only upon the earth and in paradise. The latter, they affirm; we the former. "IV. The reasons are: (1) The law of works had the promise of heavenly and eternal life; therefore also the law prescribed to Adam. In each instance, it is the same law as to substance. The former is evident from 'who doeth these things, shall live by them' (Lev. 18:5); 'if thou wilt enter into life' (namely, the heavenly) 'keep the commandments' (Mt. 19:16, 17); and 'the commandment was ordained to life' (Rom. 7:10) assuredly, not earthly, but heavenly. Since however, after the fall, the law can justify no one, this promise must necessarily have had place in upright Adam." --Francis Turretin, from his book "Institutes of Elenctic Theology" (1997) |
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185 | The right Bible for you? | Bible general | DocTrinsograce | 243581 | ||
Dear Justme, Yes, I know Jim White. I probably don't know him as well as you do. I have talked to him at a number of conferences and by email. I am more acquainted with some of the congregants at the church in Phoenix where he is an elder. I also follow his ministry, through articles and messages posted at aomin.org. Consequently, I keep up with his ministry. James White is a brilliant man. Sometimes I think of him as our generation's Walter Martin. In Him, Doc |
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186 | The right Bible for you? | Bible general | DocTrinsograce | 243579 | ||
Hi, Justme... For me, one of the best things about the KJV, is the distinction between the pronouns: singular nominative (thou), possessive (thy/thine); second person singular (you), plural (ye). It is the only English version that provides this for us. I like it because it is a good reminder, which otherwise causes me to make contemporary English assumptions. Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, "How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly." Jesus answered them, "I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand." (John 10:24-29) My professors who were involved in the ESV translation have a great advantage in being able to read the Bible in its original languages. (Indeed, I do not know any Reformed Baptists or Orthodox Presbyterian pastors who cannot at least read the Greek.) By the way, the following version comparison chart, seeks to render a comparison in various ways. In the context of our discussion, the grade level necessary for each are estimated. http://dwightgingrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/bibletranslationcompv7.1440.jpg Here is another that uses the Flecsh-Kincaid language complexity comparison. (I have used that method on much of my writing. It is very helpful.) http://www.balancingthesword.com/study_support/english_bible_translations.asp In Him, Doc |
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187 | Grace from Start to Front | Lev 18:5 | DocTrinsograce | 243576 | ||
"The same doctrine Moses repeated in his ministry. For he also inculcated the same precepts upon which the covenant of works had been built: he both repeated the same solemn saying, He who doeth these things shall live in them, Lev. 18:5 and also added another, Cursed be he who shall not perform the words of this law in doing them, Deut. 27:26. That this is the curse of the law, as it stands opposed to the covenant of grace, Paul teacheth, Gal. 3:10. which, however, is not so to be understood, as if God had intended, by the ministry of Moses, to make a new covenant of works with Israel, with a view to obtain righteousness and salvation by such a covenant. But that repetition of the covenant of works was designed to convince the Israelites of their sin and misery, to drive them out of themselves, to teach them the necessity of a satisfaction, and to compel them to cleave to Christ: and thus it was subservient to the covenant of grace, Rom. 10:4." --Herman Witsius (1805) |
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188 | The right Bible for you? | Bible general | DocTrinsograce | 243575 | ||
Hi, Justme... I do not know of people "with an agenda." But as I think on it, the Holman Bible might be something of an agendized version. Certainly our King James was agendized, but people came to understand the Scriptures so well after the Reformation that it changed English. An example would be the word heresy as Paul used it. In Greek it means a schism. Nevertheless, heresy has come to mean precisely what Paul meant by it. Even the Puritans came to use the KJV in preference to the Geneva Bible, which nonetheless was often used by the KJV translators. I do prefer the NASB, as you say. Although the KJV is a wonderful translation, made superior by its influence on English, it takes quite a bit more education to teach to people. Nowadays the average congregant has very little education in English. I am given to understand they no longer teach Shakespeare, let alone the Bible, as was done in our day. Consequently, the NASB and the ESV (without dynamic equivalence) are our best choices. Nonetheless, I still find the NASB to be far superior to any other translation. Thank you for your post, dear brother! In Him, Doc |
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189 | Our Covenant Keep God | Gen 9:9 | DocTrinsograce | 243574 | ||
"How hath the Moral Law been delivered since the Fall? "The Sum thereof was comprised in ten Words, (Exod. 34:28; Deut. 4:13.) commonly called the Decalogue or Ten Commandments; solemnly published and engraved in Table of Stone by God himself, (Deut. 4:14 and 10:4.) Afterwards the same was more fully delivered in the Books of Holy Scripture, and so committed to the Church for all Ages, as the Royal Law for Direction of our Obedience to God our King, (James 1:8.) and for the Discovery of Sin, and the Punishment due thereto, Deut. 27:26; Rom. 1:31 and 3:20. "What then doth the Law now require of us? "All such Duties as were required of Adam in his Innocency, (Levit. 18:5.) and all such as are required since by reason of his Fall, (Deut. 17:2–6.) binding us to eternal Death for our least defect therein. "Declare now out of that which hath been said, what the Covenant of Works is? "It is a Conditional Covenant between God and Man, whereby on the one side God commandeth the Perfection of Godliness and Righteousness, and promiseth that he will be our God, if we keep all his Commandments; and on the other side, Man bindeth himself to perform entire and perfect Obedience to God’s Law, by that Strength wherewith God hath imbued him by the Nature of his first Creation. "What was done in this Covenant on God’s part? "There was His Law, backed with Promises and Threatenings; and unto them were added outward Seals. "What was the Sum of this Law? "Do this, and thou shalt live: If thou dost it not, thou shalt die the Death. "What is meant by, Do this? "Keep all my Commandments in Thought, Word, and Deed. "What is meant by Life, promised to those that should keep all the Commandments? "The Reward of Blessedness and Everlasting Life, Levit. 18:5; Luk. 10:28. "What is meant by Death threatened to those that should transgress? "In this World the Curse of God, and Death, with manifold Miseries both of Body and Soul: And (where this Curse is not taken away) Everlasting Death both of Body and Soul in the World to come, Deut. 27:26 and 29:19, 20 and 32:22; Levit. 26; Deut. 28. "What were the outward Seals added hereunto? "The two Trees, planted by God for that purpose in the midst of the Garden, Gen. 2:9 and 3:3. that Adam before and in the sight of them might resort to some special place to serve God in, and might by the Sight of them be put in mind of those things whereof they were Signs and Seals." --James Usher (1581-1656) The word covenant appears almost 300 times in the Bible! |
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190 | Unleashed it Will Defend Itself | Is 2:3 | DocTrinsograce | 243566 | ||
"There seems to me to have been twice as much done in some ages in defending the Bible as in expounding it, but if the whole of our strength shall henceforth go to the exposition and spreading of it, we may leave it pretty much to defend itself. I do not know whether you see that lion—it is very distinctly before my eyes; a number of persons advance to attack him, while a host of us would defend [Him]. . . . Pardon me if I offer a quiet suggestion. Open the door and let the lion out; he will take care of himself. Why, they are gone! He no sooner goes forth in his strength than his assailants flee. The way to meet infidelity is to spread the Bible. The answer to every objection against the Bible is the Bible." --Tim Keller, from his book "Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism" Referencing Charles H. Spurgeon's statement, "Defend the Bible? I would as soon defend a lion! Unchain it and it will defend itself." |
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191 | The Angry Man and the Angry Tongue | Prov 25:23 | DocTrinsograce | 243565 | ||
"Anybody can become angry -- that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way -- that is not within everybody's power and is not easy." --Aristotle (384-322BC) |
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192 | Calling | 1 Sam 3:19 | DocTrinsograce | 243564 | ||
"Considering myself called of my God to instruct the ignorant [Hebrews 5:2], comfort the sorrowful [2 Corinthians 1:4], confirm the weak [1 Peter 3:7], and rebuke the proud [1 Timothy 5:20]; by tongue and lively voice in these corrupt days rather than to compose books for the age to come, seeing that so much is written, and yet so little well observed, I decree to contain myself within the bounds of that vocation [calling] whereunto I found myself especially called [1 Corinthians 1:24]." --John Knox (1513-1572) |
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193 | To Those who Feared the Lord | Mal 3:16 | DocTrinsograce | 243559 | ||
"The Old Testament in Hebrew (which was the native language of the people of God of old), and the New Testament in Greek (which at the time of the writing of it was most generally known to the nations), being immediately inspired by God, and by his singular care and providence kept pure in all ages, are therefore authentical; so as in all controversies of religion the Church is finally to appeal unto them. But because these original tongues are not known to all the people of God who have right unto, and interest in the Scriptures, and are commanded, in the fear of God, to read and search them, therefore they are to be translated into the vulgar language of every nation unto which they come, that the Word of God dwelling plentifully in all, they may worship him in an acceptable manner, and through patience and comfort of the Scriptures may have hope." --Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) chapter 1, paragraph 8 |
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194 | Our Gratitude for God's Providence | Ps 147:14 | DocTrinsograce | 243558 | ||
"Since you pray to God for daily bread [Matthew 6:11], it is thus essential for you to believe that all good gifts and the blessing upon that which you have, come from God, and that you acknowledge God as being the origin of all good things. Such He truly is: 'Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights' (James 1:17). All that exists is God’s; whatever anyone possesses he has received from God. 'I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold,… my corn… my wine… my wool and my flax' (Hosea 2:8-9). Man is but a naked entity and all that he has does not proceed from himself. All that he has proceeds from another source -- he has received it from God alone. 'What hast thou that thou didst not receive?' (1 Cor. 4:7). The Lord causes food to come forth from the earth; the Lord grants to each his peculiar [unique] portion; the Lord renders the food efficacious [effective] unto nourishment; the Lord maintains man and beast; He even provides the cattle with their food and the young ravens when they cry to Him. Since all is the Lord's and He communicates [gives] to everyone that which is His, one must invoke the Lord for all that we stand in need of and acknowledge Him as the origin and giver. We must not do so, however, with the disposition of a creature, but as a reconciled child in Christ and with a childlike heart. If we receive something, we must receive it as out of the hand of God as being our Father. We must be satisfied with that which the Father gives -- be it much or little, it will be enough. Therefore we ought not to waste it, but with a joyful heart make use of it. We must then always lift up our heart on high to the Giver, doing so with a grateful heart and with a mouth filled with the praises of the Lord. 'Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. For He hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee. He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat' (Psa. 147:12-14). God requires and expects this, He is pleased with it." --Dr. Wilhelmus a'Brakel (1635-1711) |
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195 | Dr. S. Franklin Logsdon | Bible general | DocTrinsograce | 243552 | ||
Hi, Martin... Welcome to the forum! None of us who participate regularly in the forum can speak for the Lockman Foundation in matters other than their guidelines for participation in this forum. To may knowledge, no one working for the Foundation posts on this forum. They have a variety of articles on the NASB translation here and there. You might be able to track down whatever publications they have here under this domain or elsewhere. I rather doubt, if they have failed to publish an explanation that satisfies you, that it is due to a lack of courage. I know some of the men involved in the ESV translation, but other than what they have published (i.e., made public concerning their methods, objectives, etc.), is pretty much what they have meant to say. The majority of them are now well along in other projects -- but nary a coward amidst any of them. Perhaps what you might want to do is to write a letter -- try one on paper, an old but useful method -- and address your question directly to the Lockman Foundation. You can find their address at the Lockman.org website. If you get an answer, please share it with us. I don't think that many of us have so much as heard of Logsdon, but it might make for some interesting discussion. In Him, Doc |
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196 | "Praying to a god who cannot save..." | Is 45:20 | DocTrinsograce | 243550 | ||
Theology proper is the study of God Himself. There are two places that we creatures can understand something of our Creator: (1) By our observations of Creation (Romans 1:21), which is called general revelation; and (2) by God's revealing of Himself (Hebrews 1:1-4), which is called special revelation. It has been said that the heart of human beings are artisans (we might say factories) of many gods (cf Psalm 115:4; 135:15-17; Deuteronomy 4:28; Isaiah 40:19-20; 42:17; 46:1-2; 46:6-7; Jeremiah 10:3-5; Hosea 8:6; Habakkuk 2:18-20; Acts 19:26, 35; 1 Corinthians 10:19-20; etc.). When human beings fail to worship God Himself; when they set before themselves something that deviates from what God says of Himself; when they call for salvation to a god alien to the Scriptures; what benefits do they derive? Of course, this is not an idol of stone or wood. This is an idol of even less substance than one made of stone or wood. It is an idol made by ignoring God's revelation, twisting His words, and seeking to find Him through mystical experience. Scripture explains to us that idols are at best blind, deaf, and dumb (Isaiah 41:29; 44:19; Psalm 135:15; etc.); and at worst demonic fakes (Deuteronomy 32:16-17; Psalm 106:37-39; 1 Corinthians 10:20; Revelation 9:20; etc.). Our Lord Jesus warns of a specific time when He says, "Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet [Daniel 12:11], standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains." (Matthew 24:15-16) In Jewish tradition it is deemed that this "abomination of desolation" took place in Jerusalem, when the Temple was transformed into a heathen place of worship. (For particulars see this phrase in the Jewish Encyclopedia; an article by Rabbi Dr. Louis Ginzberg.) In Reformed thinking there are two common positions: (1) in which the "abomination of desolation" took place in 70 AD when the Temple was destroyed (a view shared by Roman Catholic Preterists); (2) in which this event was that of Antiochus, in agreement with the Jewish explanation found in Maccabees. In Dispensational hermeneutics, this is an event yet to take place; one in which a being known as the Antichrist (note that capitalization, making reference to an actual person yet to be made manifest) who will set up his image in the Temple (the one yet to be rebuilt) after the seven year period called the Tribulation. We may all find ourselves at differing positions concerning these events, because of our hermeneutical method, the position of our denomination, or our own preferred opinion. What if, though, there is a warning that we can apply to our own day? A woman recently, finding fault with my explanation of the gospel, told me, "My God is a God of love, who would never condemn anyone to hell." I thought to myself, perhaps her god would not; but whatever her god was, it was not the God of the Scriptures. She was worshipping the idol that she preferred. As I thought about this, I began to realize that any false notion -- non-Biblical -- of God was not God; i.e., an idol. Perhaps across the world, in the many tens of thousands of churches, there sits an idol -- an abomination -- that cannot be touched or seen; but that is manufactured by false teaching nonetheless? This makes for a very significant issue for every one of us. For if we are loving that which is not God, we are accursed (Matthew 25:41; 1 Corinthians 12:3; 16:22; cf Galatians 1:8-9; 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9). |
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197 | Prayer for the Student/Studies | Job 36:22 | DocTrinsograce | 243549 | ||
"O God, thou that of thy grace and fatherly love hast given such good and excellent gifts with singular light in all sciences; grant unto such as be learned a heart and mind that in all things they may have respect only to thy glory, and that in all their readings, writings, teachings, and doctrines they may prefer the same. For 'knowledge puffeth a man up, but love edifieth.' "O suffer not thy holy and excellent gifts to be stained, defiled, and marred. Grant that our studies be not heathenish but godly and Christian. Preserve the tender and good youth from wicked and ungodly schoolmasters; that the pure hearts which thou hast consecrated to be a temple for thee and thy Holy Spirit be not defiled with vice. Amen." --Miles Coverdale (1488-1569) |
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198 | God's Providence | Ruth 1:11 | DocTrinsograce | 243547 | ||
Our pastor this year exposited the book of Ruth. What a blessing it was for us all. It has been interesting since, to hear the comments of elders and other congregants of the book. I do not think that I had ever noticed that Naomi, in the passage above was actually sending her daughter-in-laws back to idolatry. She certainly was in the "deeps" at this point in her life, and understandably so. Her doubt is such that she even attempts to send them back to their gods (see v15). The Bible rarely gives the character of people in an explicit way. Instead, the common approach in Scripture is to provide us with dialog and actions. From this we are able to deduce the character of the people who appear in these narratives. Indeed, we use this method in order to know the character of those around us. It is interesting to me that God, in His providence, takes care of Naomi, Ruth, and Boaz in ways that are not entirely clear until the end of the book. But even in that clarity, there is still much of His work that remains hidden from them. I wonder if they would be surprised at the great King David that was born in just a few generations to this family. How much more would they -- and do even now -- marvel that through them, came the King of Kings. |
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199 | Plunder to His Church | 1 Sam 30:26 | DocTrinsograce | 243546 | ||
William Tyndale (1494-1536) was inspired by the efforts of various monks and scholars, not least of whom included John Wycliffe. Tyndale left England with only a very basic understanding of Hebrew. By the time he returned, he had mastered as few scholars have done. So equipped he translated a number of Old Testament books. He had begun a translation of the New Testament from the Greek. Before completing this effort, he was betrayed by a friend. Tyndale was arrested and detained in the Vilvoorden, in dreadful conditions, for over 500 days. In an unfair trial he was convicted for heresy and treason. There is a small stone cross now standing in Oxford where he was executed by burning October 6, 1536, at that time the prison yard. Tyndale's last words were "Lord, open the king of England's eyes!" Tyndale's prayer was answered! In 1539, the king made it legal to publish and own English copies of the Bible. The 1539 English "Great Bible" was published. Ironically, some of Tyndale's translation work was used. Much more of his work was used in the 1611 King James Bible. It is in this tradition that our gracious host, the Lockman Foundation, was tasked with the publication of the New American Standard Version -- a translation that is my personal favorite. The foundation was able to do so in keeping with the freedom that we enjoy in our time. Our Lord plunders His enemies and gives gifts to His church. Praise Him! |
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200 | Every Word | Deut 8:3 | DocTrinsograce | 243536 | ||
“Where are we to get our errorless Scripture? In the ipsissima verba of the original autographs? Who are to recover these for us? I suppose the band of experts in textual criticism who are year by year giving us the materials for a more perfect text. "If I am asked why I receive Scripture as the Word of God and as the perfect rule of faith and life, then certainly I do not answer: Because it is the slightly imperfect copy of original autographs, which, if I could only get at them, I could show you to be absolutely errorless writings. "I answer: Because the Bible is the only record of the redeeming love of God, because in the Bible alone I find God drawing near to man in Christ Jesus, and declaring to us in Him His will for our salvation. And this record I know to be true by the witness of His Spirit in my heart in and with the Word, whereby I am assured that none other than God Himself is able to speak such words to my soul. "This is the answer of all the Reformers, and it was also the answer of the Puritans – of Luther, and Calvin, and Knox, and John Owen.†--Thomas M. Lindsay (1895) viz "The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedience, although the light of nature, and the works of creation and providence do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and power of God, as to leave men inexcusable; yet are they not sufficient to give that knowledge of God and his will which is necessary unto salvation. Therefore it pleased the Lord at sundry times and in divers manners to reveal himself, and to declare that his will unto his church; and afterward for the better preserving and propagating of the truth, and for the more sure establishment and comfort of the church against the corruption of the flesh, and the malice of Satan, and of the world, to commit the same wholly unto writing; which maketh the Holy Scriptures to be most necessary, those former ways of God's revealing his will unto his people being now ceased. (2 Timothy 3:15-17; Isaiah 8:20; Luke 16:29, 31; Ephesians 2:20; Romans 1:19-21; Romans 2:14,15; Psalms 19:1-3; Hebrews 1:1; Proverbs 22:19-21; Romans 15:4; 2 Peter 1:19-20)" 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith chapter 1 paragraph 1 |
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