Subject: The Forum -- Your Opinion? |
Bible Note: Hank, I certainly realize that our eternal destiny is ultimately in the hands of our Creator. No question about that. However, if I (or anyone else) on this forum were to give an incorrect answer concerning a Bible question that someone might ask on this (or any other forum) and they didn't search the Bible to see if the answer was correct (Acts 17:11), it COULD effect their eternal destiny. Would you not agree? Especially if their Bible question had to do with their salvation. How many people who ask questions on this forum (or in any church setting - either Christian or non-Christian) actually "search the scriptures" to see whether or not the answer given them is true or not according to the scriptures? Many of them simply take whatever answer is given them without looking it up in the Bible to see if the answer given harmonizes with what the Bible says and teaches. This is the very reason there is a lot of false teaching going on in the church. People just don't take the time to search the scriptures for themselves - they simply take the word of someone else - either their pastor, preacher, elder, or whoever. This is why that we as teachers of the Word (whether on this forum, church setting, or home setting) need to soberly consider the eternal consequences of our teaching from the scriptures. Our spiritual influence is such that if people who come to the forum "think" that we are Bible scholars (and some of them do), should not we give them a "scholarly" scriptural answer from God's Word? I'm just simply saying that we need to be careful as to "how" we answer people's questions concerning God's Word. Our answers should not come from opinions, ideas, or philosophies but a "Thus Saith The Lord". Mike |