Bible Question:
All right, yeah maybe that was a bit broad of a question. Well lets take matthew 21:18 for example. Jesus talks about the power of faith. I looked down at chapter 21:21, where jesus says "I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will be able to do what I did to this tree and even more. Then he talks about moving a mountain if you have faith. People have said, that doesn't really mean a mountain physically, he's talking about problems in your life, obstacles that you wish to conquer, I mean things like that. So if a person gave their life to christ, and know not too much about that kind of concept, then a person might interpret that as, wow, if i have faith the size of a mustard seed, then I can go to mount everist and tell it to move to the ocean. You know, i mean some poeple may say it's common sense, but then that's where taking the bible literally comes in to play. So could you try to explain that in some way? Thanks. |
Bible Answer: Hi Nightjay, The Bible uses many figures of speech and they have to be treated as such and, “I think you’re making a mountain out of a mole hill”. We do the same thing don’t we, case and point. The Book of Revelation is loaded with figures of speech. Similes, Metaphors, Idioms, Metonymy, Parallelisms Have a great day, CDBJ |
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