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NASB | 1 Corinthians 3:15 If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 3:15 But if any person's work is burned up [by the test], he will suffer the loss [of his reward]; yet he himself will be saved, but only as [one who has barely escaped] through fire. [Job 23:10] |
Subject: Why do they prey for the deads salvation |
Bible Note: Dear brother/sister MJH, I've enjoyed your posts in the past. I particularly appreciate how you help us to understand the historical context of the practices and events we see in Scripture. I'll try to explain some of my reasoning for you. Please read between the lines, here. There is a lot of reasons between one concept and another that could (and probably should) be included... but this flu... yuck! Please forgive me! Besides, I'm doing this when I should be studying! ;-) Although the story of God's redemption of man is a progressive revelation, I believe it is axiomatic that anything that can be said of God at one moment in time is true of Him in another. I also believe that the entire words of Scripture are the words of God. The word of God is eternal. Obviously any given human writer in scripture would not have been aware of revelations after his own time. However, it is not inappropriate to accept their meaning as applying to a broader context. There are many examples of this use of scripture in scripture. Please don't misunderstand -- your warnings about beginning with an understanding of what the individual author actual meant at the time of writing is very good! (I think I even wrote recently, "Scripture means only what it was meant to mean at the time it was written.") However, what if the principles stated by the writer were meant by the Holy Spirit to apply in a broader context? What if they are universal statements. How would we know? In the example of the verses that I gave, all of them reflected the same warning: Human beings must not add to or change the Word of God. The word of God includes Torah, Christ and Apostle's Teachings, and the concluding book of the Bible (the order of the canon is not an accident). Actually, there may be more verses along these lines that I hadn't remembered. The important point is, though, that the same principle is repeated spanning different moments in redemptive history. God is trying to say something that is important. Now, I'm not coming up with something original here. The only originality I have is how inadequately I state things! :-) In fact, if I were coming up with some kind of novel way of thinking, that would be suspect in and of itself! All I've done is explain why I think these verse can be applied this way. These verses have been used for a long time to demonstrate this concept, and by men -- past and present -- far wiser and knowledgeable than I! Anyway... I'd better sign off. *whew* I feel rotten. :-p Sorry if I haven't been very clear. In Him, Doc |