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NASB | Psalm 95:10 "For forty years I loathed that generation, And said they are a people who err in their heart, And they do not know My ways. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 95:10 "For forty years I was grieved and disgusted with that generation, And I said, 'They are a people who err in their heart, And they do not acknowledge or regard My ways.' |
Bible Question:
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. This may not be a proper Study Bible Forum question for discussion, but I'll leave that up to you: What's the difference, if any, between loving God's word, the Holy Bible, and loving God? I'm of the opinion that there's none, because all we know of God is found in or "by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture." God is what His word says He is. How can one love God and hate His word. Or, conversely, how can one hate God and love His word? Further, does the word itself make a distinction between loving God and loving his word? Jesus says, "If you love me you will keep my commandments." (John 14:15) Heb 3:10 "THEREFORE I WAS ANGRY WITH THIS GENERATION, AND SAID, 'THEY ALWAYS GO ASTRAY IN THEIR HEART, AND THEY DID NOT KNOW MY WAYS'; (the writer of Hebrew citing Psalm 95:10) |
Bible Answer: O course, there is a difference. Try to see the difference by adding a third object of love, namely, your brother. You cannot love God without loving your brother (1 John 4:20). If a man says, “I love God”, and hates his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? Though we have not seen God, we can love him (1 Peter 1:8). But a man can love his brother without loving God. One man loves his brother precisely because he believes there is no God. He is a humanist. One man says, “God is love and love is God” and does not even seek to know the supreme being called Jehovah. The fact is, God is love (1 John 4) but love is not God. John says, “No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love is perfected in us” (1 John 4:12). Does that mean that whenever we see people love each other we can conclude that God dwells in them? No. John is speaking about himself and the other apostles, and differentiating them from false teachers. He is saying the fact they loved one another was one evidence that God dwelt in them. There are other evidences, and the reverse of this one is not necessarily true. Jesus said, “Sinners also love those that love them“ (Luke 6). A man who loves God should love his brother. It is a commandment that we have from him, that he who loves God should love his brother also. It is a commandment, not a corollary. It is always possible to disobey a commandment. And it is sad to say that Christians often disobey that commandment. Sad to say that there is often more love among “sinners” than among brethren. But let’s not get into that. Let’s just say that loving your brother is not the same as loving God. The two should go together, but they are not equivalent. The same may be said for loving the word of God and loving God. The person who loves God wants to please him, wants hear about him, wants to hear from him. Therefore, he should love the word of God. The same psalmist who says, “I love the lord (Psalm 116) also says, “Your law do I love” (Psalm 119). Indeed, blessed is the man who delights in the law of the Lord (Psalm 1). Yet some people have loved God when they had no Bible. They include Abraham, Isaac, Joseph, and my sister. They include most of the people of faith who lived before the invention of printing. And some people do not love the Bible in spite of the fact they have one, because they are unable to read or otherwise do not find it easy to understand. Some people love the Lord and have not learnt to love the Bible. |