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NASB | John 7:17 "If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 7:17 "If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know whether the teaching is of God or whether I speak on My own accord and by My own authority. |
Bible Question:
When it comes to biblical interpretation I think the bible is pretty specific regarding ones right or ability to interpret.2 Peter 1:20,21. Maybe we get application and interpretation mixed up? Maybe? Interpretation remains constant where as applicatin can and does change. No two lives are what we would call identical.We all lead lives that are somewhat different aned at times very different when it comes to the challenges that we each may encounter. What say you? In Christ, lionheart |
Bible Answer: lionheart: Some years ago I attended a liberal lecture by a liberal professor from a liberal seminary who was also an ordained liberal minister in a liberal denomination. His topic had to do with what the Bible teaches about homosexuality. He tackled the Old Testament first and explained away everything it said about homosexual practices, and then he took on the New Testament and did the same thing. His line of reasoning on the OT teaching was this: that there was nothing wrong with homosexuality per se, but that it was discouraged for the Jews because the heathen nations around them practiced it. As for the NT teaching on the subject, the professor dismissed it as being merely the opinion of Paul who was known to be harsh and narrow-minded on sexual matters. ...... Oh, the professor went into a lot of mumbo-jumbo double talk, trying to sound authoritative and erudite, but what I have outlined here is the gist of what the man said in his lecture. It's a lecture I'll never forget, not because it was worth a row of pins in forthtelling the truth of God's word, but because it so aptly illustrates the brand of interpretation -- call it a liberal spin of the first water -- that one is likely to hear these days from the fools who subscribe to the "higher criticism" junk that is invading liberal seminaries and polluting the young malleable minds of thousands of seminary students -- the very students who are filling or soon will fill the pulpits of churches across the land. No wonder there's a crisis in Christendom! --Hank |