Science vs. Religion - Page 4

It is of the utmost importance that the reader or student of the BIBLE, should approach it, in a reverent attirude of mind, regarding it as the "inspired WORD of GOD and not as an ordinary literary production.

It may be read, or studied in the same spirit as a volume of Milton, Shakespeare or some other historical work and it will be found interesting and profitable, but the merely literary student or critic, however scholarly and persistent he may be, will NEVER discover its choicest treasures because he has an EXTINGUISHER on his light.

The BIBLE should be studied as eagerly as a HUNGRY MAN seeks for bread.

The formal reading of a portion of "THE WORD" each day may have some value as a religious exercise, but in order that the full benefit may be received from its TRUTHS,they must be appropriated to personal needs.

The delivery=man on a baker's wagon may handle a thousand loaves of bread a day, and yet go home HUNGRY at night, as the BIBLE reader may peruse large portions of the WORD of GOD with little profit, unless he makes it his own PERSONAL source and feeds on it.

Many Christians are satisfied to receive their truths filtered through the MIND of SOMe teacher, minister or commentator, seldom , or never going to the BOOK of BOOKS for INDEPENDENT study..
THey become MERE ECHOES of  the OPINIONS of others, they are not "grounded in the TRUTH, so that makes them liable to be "carried about with every WIND OF DOCTRINE...

Remember that many doctininal ERRORS have grown out of a lack of spiritual perspective or a narrow view of SCRIPTURAL TRUTH. THE Savour says, " YE DO ERR, not knowing the 'Scriptures, nor the power of GOD."   We call that   ignorance of the WORD.

Study the WORD as a miner digs for gold, or as a diver plunges into the depths of the sea for pearls.

Many great truths do not lie upon the surface, THey must be brought up into the light by patient toil..This is why I made the post earlier that you cannot learn off a few posts or threads on a dog forum properly or with correct presence of mind.

Our BIBLE is our defensive and offensive weapon in our hands against the evil one.

For those who believe that God is the God of Israel, the Bible simply MUST become the inerrant, inspired, divine utterance - in totality. It can be taken symbolically, but must be taken literally. It must be studied and applied without deference to times or circumstance. Anything short of this, and your entire belief system and moral constitution amounts to little more than your own fabrications of what you yourself determine to be relevant, or irrelevant, setting yourself up as "god", with the bible nothing more than a template, void of presence or providence.

Carlin wrote-----------For those who believe that God is the God of Israel, the Bible simply MUST become the inerrant, inspired, divine utterance - in totality. It can be taken symbolically, but must be taken literally. It must be studied and applied without deference to times or circumstance. Anything short of this, and your entire belief system and moral constitution amounts to little more than your own fabrications of what you yourself determine to be relevant, or irrelevant, setting yourself up as "god", with the bible nothing more than a template, void of presence or providence.


My reply--- Do you really practice what you have just stated hear? Anf if you do,please tell me about it.

  gouda


  

I read the bible without excuse. When it cuts, it cuts. If you must know, when it rears its ugly head, the sin in my life breaks my heart, and only by the grace of God, and faith he'll keep working on me do I get up and try the next day.

Moons/Carlin wrote: I read the bible without excuse,


Honestly without giving cunning answer, when did you read the KJV Bible last time?



Shtal.

Without excuse... meaning, I don't say, well, I know it says such and such but that was for 2000yrs ago, or I know Jesus said such and such but he must have been talking to someone else. Kjv-come shtal, I'm quite sure Jesus didn't speak the king's english. But if it makes you feel better, I prefer the esv, dislike the niv, really dislike the nlt, but study with an interlinear so it doesn't matter much anyway.

  Carlin:

MY most favorite is KJV but I use the Thompson Chain Reference..none of the others..I do have a big print in my truck ,not sure which version but Sometimes I cannot see tiny print.

I have worn out two Thompson Chain reference ones and now they are Duck taped.

YR

Nothing wrong with the kjv, occasionally I'll read the nkjv. What's wrong is the "kjv only" ignorance I sometimes encounter, as if it were the original Greek and Hebrew.