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NASB | 1 Peter 4:6 For the gospel has for this purpose been preached even to those who are dead, that though they are judged in the flesh as men, they may live in the spirit according to the will of God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Peter 4:6 For this is why the good news [of salvation] was preached [in their lifetimes] even to those who are dead, that though they were judged in the flesh as men are, they may live in the spirit according to [the will and purpose of] God. |
Bible Question:
Scripture ... 1 Cor 13:10, 2 Pet 1:16-21, 2 Tim 3:16, 1 Jhn 1:1-3 ... Angel, When I said ... "when Revelation was written, then prophecy and knowledge complete" ... it was one of two choices for about prefect (1 Cor 13:10). You said ... "Yet, we know that though the book of Revelation is complete as far as the offering of written revelations, we still need the Holy Spirit to do the actual interpretation and further refinement of the revealed matter... SO THE BIBLE ITSELF IS NOT COMPLETE! It is not lacking further revelations (new information/prophecies)... so in that sence it is perfected; yet, the written revelations cannot be resolved by man except through the Divine assistance of the Holy Spirit. (2 Peter 1:20-21) emphasis mine.. Why do you say, “the Bible in itself is not complete”? What do we need to add to the Bible? Is what we add inspired or just interpreted? When looking at this passage, I would start in verse 16, where we read we (Paul and others) did not follow cleverly devised tales. Then in verse 19 they had the prophetic word made more sure … they took the OT prophetic word and saw it proven (vv 16b-18) and now were telling what saw and heard (1 John 1:1-3). So I see verses 20-21 as saying the OT prophecy of Scripture is inspired. The NT is inspired, too (2 Tim 3:16). Searcher |
Bible Answer: Hi, Searcher! Have you read the Bible in its entirety? Do you think you know God's Design from reading it? During which stage of Creation were the angels created? When precisely did Lucifer turn 1/3 of the angels against God? When are we to meet Jesus? When are we to change from the carnal body into the spiritual?... the Bible contains general information about all of these topics, yet we are not given the precise information to conclusively state "it happened exactly..." Salvation is granted to us as a Gift; Jesus purchased us at a price... yet how and who is purchased is not revealed to the complete knowledge of God--we are given the necessary working-information so that we might be able to understand God's Gift as it pertains to part of His Design: our repentance, obedience and abiding in God... yet for us to contend that we know God's depths (who He is and how He does everything) would only be to deceive ourselves, for what man knows the mind of God that he should instruct Him! (1 Corinthian 2:16) When we realize that all of our collective knowledge (humanity's) only begins to scratch God's surface (and that because He allows us that much); we may begin to humble ourselves and begin our spiritual growth! "What do we need to add to the Bible?" It is the Holy Spirit that completes all revelation! If we simply read the text of the Bible and jump into one of hundreds/thousands of interpretations we are not searching and preaching the Truth, we are seeking adulation from humanity! Christ tells us that He is the Resurrection and Life and that those who come to Him will Live; yet to come to Him we must be born of the Holy Spirit! The text of the Bible does not complete Salvation--in this the Bible is not complete! It is the Holy Spirit who completes, in us, Jesus' Sacrifice... for anyone to claim that Salvation is a matter of text and not of the Holy Spirit, it would be the same as claiming to be saved by our own powers: "Just grab a formula or two and your in!" There are people offering formulas for Salvation--this is done all over town, everywhere... they offer these formulas (made by human minds and hands) as guarantors of Eternal Salvation... Never mind that Jesus calls us to repentence, baptism and fellowship! One of these formulas demands that for all to be saved they must know Jesus--that outside of this formula there is no salvation! This of course diminishes God's Power and Mercy as infants and the mentally handicapped may die well before being able to "know" Jesus--there's not a single once of mercy that can be found in this formula, yet many claim that it is Scripturally sound! The purport that only those who can know Jesus and learn to preach, perform miracles, speak in tongues... are to be saved! Yet, Jesus Himself tells us that not all who call Him Lord will enter into Heaven but those who do the Will of His Father--Jesus even offers an admonishion that cripples that brand of salvation (Matthew 7:21-27; Luke 6:46)... The Bible, as excellent as it is, does not replace God nor the fullness of God! When we exact salvation on our own "enlightened" understanding of Scripture and we remove the Holy Spirit from the actual rebirth (corporeal into spiritual) we are shortchanging God's Design! We are limiting by strictness of the text what the Holy Spirit does: Salvation is not a matter of codes and formulas, Salvation is a matter of God's Holy Spirit cleansing and resurrecting us into the Body (not the temporal body) of Christ! By following the letter of the text the masters of the law failed to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior, we do not better when we seek to know and limit God in our finite wisdom! The Bible contains all that God chose to reveal--in that the Bible is complete. The text of the Bible is not God nor God's fullness--in that the Bible is incomplete. The Paraclete, who Christ promised to send to us, brings us closer to God--as close as our limited understanding and spiritual standing can get; yet we know only partially, then we will know as we are known (1 Corinthians 13:12)... of course we can twist Scripture and we can claim that we know all that there is to know about God because we read Scripture... or we can humble ourselves and accept that the finite cannot absorb the completeness of the infinite! Salvation is Granted through the Holy Spirit (Hebrew 9:14); the Holy Spirit has no limits! God Bless! Angel |