Bible Question:
I asked these two questions in my response to another question, but I think they got lost so I'll ask them again. I have heard many men explain that a particular Biblical doctrine or teaching doesn’t apply today because the writer was responding to “thus and such”. Or "this" isn’t for today because it is addressing a custom of the time that is no longer in effect. Does anyone believe an all knowing, all seeing God, that produced the Bible, the living Word, would be so short sighted He would allow the inclusion of doctrine, precepts, statutes, ordinances, or commandments that are no longer valid or outmoded because of changing customs or social trends? Or that God would allow the human writer’s bias or prejudices to contaminate the writing? |
Bible Answer: "I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds tho them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this book; if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away that person's share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book", (Rev 22:18-19). This warning was given to those who might purposely distort the message of this book. NO human explanation OR interpretation should be elevated to the same authority as the text itself. In Deut 2:4 Moses tells us that we must keep the commandments of God. See also Prov 30:5-6. If we believe that the bible is outdated or that commandments are no longer valid we are taking away from the word of God. I have yet to find or hear of a scripture(s) that cannot be applied to our situations today or that we can not learn from to help us become better Christians today. Scripture is God's word, not mans. "ALL scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction and for training in righteousness, so that EVERYONE who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work", (2Tim 3:16, emphasis mine). |