Subject: The Bible written in code ? |
Bible Note: in your post 152128, you wrote: """You write: "merely reading, or even studying the Bible, will not necessarily result in Christian faith." But God says: So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Romans 10:17 (KJV)""" You quoted my statement that "merely reading, or even studying, will not necessarily result in Christian faith". To that you replied "But God says..." and followed with a quote from scripture. The use of the word "but" in this location and in this manner signifies the overturning of the previous statement, which was, "merely reading, or even studying the Bible will not necessarily result in Christian faith." A simple example would be "you say the sky is blue, but I say. . ." We all know that I am about to say the sky is something other than blue. When you inverse the original statement, you arrive at "merely reading, or even studying will necessarily result in Christian faith." Perhaps it was not your intent to make such a statement that reading the Bible would always result in a believer. But to be fair to Meusing, that is the meaning of the statement you made. Love in Christ, mark |