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NASB | 1 Timothy 2:3 This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, |
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Bible Question (short): Over-explaining simple verses? |
Question (full): Here’s a sincere question. Though it comes after reading predestination/ free will discussions here and elsewhere, it’s not necessarily limited to predestination. Nor does it comes with an underlying point of view – unless you consider confusion a point of view! Here it is: Wouldn't a bible student be justified in taking verses at face value whenever possible? Would God condemn someone for believing a plain, simple, even childlike view of scripture passages? You’d think the answer would be obvious. Yet people on both sides ask us to put stock in long explanations about certain verses whose plain and simple meanings they find inconvenient. Often the explanations boil down to, "I shall now use human logic to explain what God was really thinking when he said this." To put the question another way, it's a principle of science (and, really, of life) that the simplest explanations are most often the correct ones. Is there any reason a lay Bible student can’t consistently apply this to scripture explanations from both sides and let the conclusions fall where they may? Thanks. P.S. Pardon me if this post is placed in the wrong thread. As a newcomer here, I'm still finding navigation a bit confusing. |