Bible Question: what scriptures in the bible say that the word of god is made so plain anyone can understand it. |
Bible Answer: 'The preface quoted above that cites the example of Jesus to support the claim that the Bible is simple shows how winsome the claims can be on the surface and yet how wrong they actually are when we stop to analyze them. Contrary to the implication of the statements that "Jesus was able to communicate clearly, even to children," we have no recorded statements of Jesus to children. And what about the claim that Jesus "was very careful not to give people more than they could grasp"? This is directly contradicted by Jesus' explanation of why he spoke in parables (Matthew 13:11,13)...This (Jesus' statement in Matt. 13:11,13) is indeed a mysterious statement, already giving the lie to the claim that Jesus' statements are simple and easy to understand. My interpretation of Jesus' statement is that he did not intend his statements to carry all of their meaning on the surface...To test how simple or complex and difficult the Bible is, we need only to look at the text itself.' ____________________ page 68, Ryken, Leland, "The Word of God in English", Crossway Books, 2002 The full text of Ryken's book "The Word of God in English" can be downloaded for free at: http://www.esv.org/translation/woge |
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