Before I begin, I want to encourage you to be a
“noble-minded Berean.” In Acts Paul
comes to Berea. While there he shares
from the Scriptures who Jesus is. They
in turn “search the scriptures to see if it is true.” In other words, they didn’t just take him at
face value, they listened, and then studied and then agreed. In stead of Paul getting angry and saying
“HOW DARE YOU QUESTION ME!” he was pleased with them and called them
“noble-minded” for using their God-given brains and intellect to verify what he
had to say. You are not going to offend
me because you study what I have put together on your own. You might prove me wrong, or we may have to
agree to disagree.
My basic premise is that the Bible must all be true
otherwise you have no idea what parts are true and what parts are not
true. One can then pick and choose the
parts that fit with their own theology/philosophy/comfortableness and reject
those that don’t. This practically
happens today when people say “That applied then, but it does not apply now.” Really, unless God Himself changes how He
interacts with humans (this in theological terms is called “Dispensationalism”)
I think one begins walking down a very slippery slope.
So if my argument does not persuade you, let’s see what
Jesus had to say about the scriptures:
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