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Subject: Is God so shortsighted? |
Bible Note: EdB: You ask: "Can I hand a pagan a Bible written in his language and, giving him time to study and apply it, expect him to come away with correct doctrine?" This is very similar to the question you posted on 04-28-2001: "If I lived on the make believe island of Jabuck. And I had no religious training or knowledge of Bible times and was given a Bible in my language. If I read and studied it with purity of heart and with the guidance of the Holy Spirit would I ever conclude, “this” precept, ordinance, statue, or commandment, while it doesn’t say so, was in fact addressing a social situation that doesn’t exist today, therefore I should discount it?" My answer at that time also applies to your current question. I do not intend this as a criticism or putdown of you in any way. I know you are a sincere fellow Christian with an honest heart. So with no disrespect to or criticism of you, I offer my best and most honest answer. In reply to your last paragraph, "If I lived on the make believe island of Jabuck . . . ", let me say this. Your last paragraph begins with the word "If" and is therefore a hypothetical question. So my reply addresses a hypothetical situation. I'm not saying YOU are doing this, I merely point out what would happen IF one did what you speak of in your last paragraph. If one were to go into isolation, cut off from all contact with the outside world, pretending that we're not connected to 2000 years of church history, with nothing but the text of the Bible (no English or Bible dictionary, no background information -- no cultural, historical, geographical, or language information -- on the verses in question, and no knowledge of the basic (universal) principles of interpretation), even then one would have no guarantee that all of his own understanding, interpretation, and conclusions would be correct. Follow it through to its logical conclusion. If it were possible to retire to a desert island and come out several years later with perfect understanding of every Bible teaching, then all one would have to do to be a world class Bible expert, is to do just that -- throw away and close your mind to everything but the text of the Bible. This sounds like a holy, pure, righteous and right thing to do -- ideally. But in reality it wouldn't work. You would not get at the truth of the Bible in this way. The method you describe in your hypothetical question is not much different from what the founders of the Watchtower organization (Jehovah's Witnessess) actually did. Look at the chaotic, heretical, blasphemous conclusions and teachings they came up with as a result. |