We sometimes encounter small statements with HUGE implications that, although historic and therefore nothing new to our awareness, the change made even more concrete the dogmatic attack upon the written word of God that Paul said, with emphatic strength:
2 Timothy 3:16
All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
The weakness some may point to in that text is Paul's use of the word "profitable." If something is profitable, then there MUST be room for things line tradition and oral instruction under the auspices of divine authority through special revelation ONLY to the speaker.
That traditional teaching also has shoddy holes in it own visage! It leaves no room for verification, no checks and balances. It never points to what is stated in 1 John 2:26-27. As a matter of fact, I fully believe it's an intentional avoidance for anyone to be encouraged to seek out the Lord Himself for validation of what they hear, and much less what they read.
Read the change that has been made to #108:
108. The first part of this paragraph is to be changed to read as follows:
"Still, the Christian faith is not a 'religion of the book.' Christianity is the religion of the 'Word' of God, a word which is 'not a written and mute word, but the Word which is incarnate and living."'
The undermining of that which is "...profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:," how the Bible is so easily maligned with undercurrents of mistrust of even instruction for righteousness, it all goes a long way to showing to us why so few ever really study that Book. How can anything that meets the standard for "instruction in righteousness" ever be so maligned, relegated into the gutters along the placid roadway of subjective reasonings and declarations that have no acid test for having truly come from the Lord Most High?
Folks, this isn't just about one particular religion, or even a group of religions, it drives home the necessity to go to the Source! THAT is relationship! THAT is trust! THAT is the practice of Truth-seeking! The Source is identified in 1 John 2:26-27.
MM
2 Timothy 3:16
All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
The weakness some may point to in that text is Paul's use of the word "profitable." If something is profitable, then there MUST be room for things line tradition and oral instruction under the auspices of divine authority through special revelation ONLY to the speaker.
That traditional teaching also has shoddy holes in it own visage! It leaves no room for verification, no checks and balances. It never points to what is stated in 1 John 2:26-27. As a matter of fact, I fully believe it's an intentional avoidance for anyone to be encouraged to seek out the Lord Himself for validation of what they hear, and much less what they read.
Read the change that has been made to #108:
108. The first part of this paragraph is to be changed to read as follows:
"Still, the Christian faith is not a 'religion of the book.' Christianity is the religion of the 'Word' of God, a word which is 'not a written and mute word, but the Word which is incarnate and living."'
The undermining of that which is "...profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:," how the Bible is so easily maligned with undercurrents of mistrust of even instruction for righteousness, it all goes a long way to showing to us why so few ever really study that Book. How can anything that meets the standard for "instruction in righteousness" ever be so maligned, relegated into the gutters along the placid roadway of subjective reasonings and declarations that have no acid test for having truly come from the Lord Most High?
Folks, this isn't just about one particular religion, or even a group of religions, it drives home the necessity to go to the Source! THAT is relationship! THAT is trust! THAT is the practice of Truth-seeking! The Source is identified in 1 John 2:26-27.
MM