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NASB | Romans 9:13 Just as it is written, "JACOB I LOVED, BUT ESAU I HATED." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 9:13 As it is written and forever remains written, "JACOB I LOVED (chose, protected, blessed), BUT ESAU I HATED (held in disregard compared to Jacob)." [Mal 1:2, 3] |
Bible Question: This is going to sound like a stupid question. I have been studying predestination and free will. Now, that's been beat to death here, so I do not want an answer to it. What I have begun to notice is more worrying to me. When I stepped back it suddenly became clear that there was no answer. Or, more correctly, as I studied, the Bible contains no clear answer to this. As I begun to study some other classic arguments it was clear they persisted because they too lacked answers, not because one side studied less or did not get it. It should have been obvious to me before, but there it was. The Bible was inerrant, but must be incomplete for doctrine. Why else would such devout and faithful people disagree about so many basic issues? So, I wanted to know if anyone else has found any other things that have helped them, like the Apocrypha or Dead Sea Scrolls. I feel like I just need more information. Any recommendations on where to go now? |
Bible Answer: Hello Ted546, The Bible cannot "be incomplete for doctrine" because: 2 Pet 1:3 (NASB) seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. Nothing has been left out. The difficulty is in our being able to understand. God Himself said so: Deut 29:29 (NASB) The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law. Prov 25:2 (NASB) It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter. The conclusion is that there is no other source to which one can go to figure it out. God has revealed all He plans on revealing. The Apocrypha and Dead Sea Scrolls will get you more opinion but no certainty. Steve |