Bible Question:
These are some questions for us all to consider. Please support your answers with Scripture! A participant wrote: "I endeavored to have a teachable spirit and learn with humility and respect. I believed that God would honor that with wisdom and knowledge and some degree of respect from my family and community. Those things never came to me even though the Bible told me so. I had to come to some conclusions about that." When it seems that our prayers are not answered or God does not "do" what we believe He should, what conclusion should we come to? Is God unfaithful? What gives us the right to decide this? Is God's Word untrustworthy or is it our understanding of It? When we "endeavor" to do something - what is the motivation? Are we seeking to know God as He is or how we want to see Him? Participant writes, "One of the things I discovered in my research on alternative ideas about the authority of Scripture is that we tend to talk about the Bible as if it is the final authority." WHO is the final Authority? How do you understand John 1:1? Participant writes: "If the Bible is in an arm wrestling match with the True God of the Universe, who will win? Obviously it's not the Bible." Is this a valid conclusion? What is the "underlying belief about knowledge" that you are questioning? What is the Source of ALL knowledge? Participant writes: "there are many ideas about what happens to us after we die which people in the pews need to believe" Are "ideas" dependable? Why or why not? mommapbs |
Bible Answer: mommapbs I hesitate to answer this since I know you know the answers before you asked. The person with a teachable spirt was willing and teachable on anything they agreed with. If on the other hand the teaching showed them something in their lives they needed to change then the teaching became wrong. God answers our prayers in ways that glorify Him and work to the good of those that Love the Lord Rom 8:28 The Word of God and God are one. John 1:1 You cannot arm wrestle yourself. This person needs to get out of the denomination they are in. She is in one that instructs people on the "meaning" of the words where you can't take 'all' to mean all. The person your talking about is a classic example of that twisted doctrine. They are so confused they don't know what to believe or not to believe EdB |