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NASB | Mark 16:17 "These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 16:17 "These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak in new tongues; |
Subject: Why little sign of power in our churches |
Bible Note: Dear Suede -- As I review your post, I am inclined to concur that of a certainty the Bible -- a vast collection of books that contain every form of writing from plain narrative to majestic poetry -- uses symbolism, hyperbole, idiom, simile, and metaphor to convey God's eternal revelation of truth. But at the same time, extreme care should be taken and no rushes to judgment made in exegeting Scripture. As so often happens in post-modern theology, reversion to the cry of "symbolism," the popular darling of liberal theologians, is their way of explaining away vital biblical teaching of things such as creationism and the atonement and bodily resurrection of our Lord. It's a liberal scapegoat that doesn't wash with folks who take God at His word. Resorting to the explanation of "symbolism" in an effort to lend credence to their liberal views really doesn't camouflage their real intent, which is an effort to emasculate and distort God's word. It rather reminds me of a story my son, who works in computers, told me some time ago. A farmer went to his computer one spring day and planted a virtual (symbolic) crop. He virtually (symbolically) cultivated it and fertilized it. In the fall of the year he went back to his computer and reaped his virtual (symbolic) crop. He and his family ate this virtual (symbolic) food and before long they all died of starvation. But their death was not virtual. It was not symbolic. It was literal. Aesop always appended a moral to his fables, and so shall I to mine: Be extremely careful about what God says. He who views it all symbolically may die a literal spiritual death. --Hank |