Subject: How should we take the Bible? |
Bible Note: Hi Doc, You wrote "We quibble over funny language, odd cultural practices, the number of pronouns in a passage, etc. instead of becoming doers of the Word." I don't know what posts or people you have in mind in writing that; but I am one who is studying the number of pronouns which speak of Deity in a passage. And when I do that, I think that I am "a doer of the (w)Word" so to speak. In looking for truths about God, it is important for us to know which pronouns are speaking of Deity. For instance, in John 1:1 we see how important it is to "do" the right thing as far as capitalization and observing the pronoun speaking of God. God is God not "a god". Ezekiel 20:11, "And I gave them My statutes and informed them of My ordinances, by which, if a man observes [Lit. does] them, he will live." I think it important also not to deify the Gospel, the Word of God. There is a difference between your #1 rule of seeing the Word as His revelation about Himself; and #2 the gospel, the word of God, which is God's plan and history for redemption. From the heart, Ray |