The Holy Bible
No book of our generation has been so loved, hated or so discussed as The Bible. Even in ancient times blood was shed, decrees against the Bible were made and men even risk their lives in order to read and preserve the scriptures. What about these words contained within the leaves of a book is so precious or disfavored by man?
Discussions have brought up things regarding the sacredness of this book. Some claim that the Bible is written by mere man, some say it is half truth half false, some say it is incomplete and some believe that every word was written by men through the theopneustos of the Holy Spirit.
The Bible is use for many reasons,
there are those who use scriptures to justify their doings, to condemn others of wrong doing, some use it partially to entertain human beliefs, some as means of feeling higher than others, some for battles of religious doctrine and some even use it as a story book. But what is the Bible and it’s purpose to us human beings?
The Bible is The Word of God
The Bible is Divine Truth written in a down scale version of the human language. Imagine trying to teach quantum physics to a baby, this is the problem God has in communicating to sinful, limited human beings.
The Bible does not teach partial inspirations or degrees of inspiration. Those type of theories are speculations that rob the Bible of its true divine authority. It never contradicts itself, everything is in co-relation to each other from Old Testament to the New Testament. (Will speak more on this in another article.)
While it is quite possible that copyist and translators of the Bible made minor errors, evidence from Biblical archeology show that many misunderstandings were on the part of scholars. Some of these problems arose when people read Biblical history through foreign eyes. We must admit that human only know in part, their insight into divine operations remains fragmentary. Perceived discrepancies, then should not erode confidence in the Scriptures. They often are products of inaccurate perceptions rather than actual mistakes.
We may never be able to explain every scripture, but we do not have to. Fulfilled prophecies verify the scripture’s reliability. In spite of attempts to destroy it the Bible has been preserved with amazing miraculous accuracy. Comparison of the Dead sea scrolls with later manuscripts demonstrates the carefulness with which it has been transmitted. They confirm the trustworthiness and reliability of the scriptures as the infallible revelation of God’s will.
Judging the Word of God by finite human standards is like trying to measure the stars with a meter rule. The Bible must not be subjected to human norms. It is superior to all human wisdom and literature. Rather than we judging the Bible, all will be judged by it, for it’s the standard of character and the test of all experiences and thought.
The Bible is a book not only to inform you but reform you and transform you. It was instituted in a form for us in the human form to understand. But, It must not be understood with human interpretation but perceived with the glorious power of the Holy Spirit. For true change and justification can only come from the power of God himself manifested through The Holy Spirit.
In The Word of God (The Bible) there is an answer to any question that one may possess. But one must also be aware that not all things discerned can be understood by the human brain because these things are of a God who is omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent. Also some of the answers may not be what you were expecting, but sometimes we have to unlearn to learn or relearn what we learned to understand. In our human flesh we cannot conceive all the ways of our Creator but there is everything within the pages of this book for your reformation and salvation.
The Evil One
The Bible falls smack between the battle of good and evil. Satan has tried in so many ways to eradicate every scripture by the inspired men of God for the fall of humanity.
Therefore Satan’s ultimate agenda is to hinder man from connecting with their Creator to be convicted of righteous lifestyle.
He wants to set up doubts in your mind about the sacred words delivered to you by men of God. He wants you to continue to live a lie but I admonish you to pray earnestly to the Most High God and let him guide you by the Holy Spirit to understand your purpose.
Think about this
If there weren’t any scriptures how would we know our Creator and his plan for our lives? How would we know the intention of his creation and his purpose for our existence?
In The beginning was The Word
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