Faith in the Bible - Or Faith in God?
After many years and tens of thousands of hours of studying the Bible I am amazed at the number of people that think they know what it says and means. Even more alarming is the number of people who have placed their faith in the Bible, and not in God.
It's so easy to get carried away in Bible verse and tell people that "God said in His Word" this or that. Did He really say that? Have you seen the original words? If you had, you would not be so quick to say "God said", because in many cases the words on the page of the book and the actual words are not the same. There are also over 1000 translations of the Bible. If there was one that said it correctly, why do we have 999 others?
If reading the Bible strengthens your faith in God then reading it is good. If reading the Bible makes you more loving and less judgmental then it is good. If reading the Bible makes you happier then it is good. If your faith is in the Bible, then it it is the wrong place. If you are a christian then you know what Jesus said according to the book; trust in God, and also in me.
I asked a good friend the other day "if the Bible didn't exist would you still believe and trust in God?". I was quite pleased when he said "absolutely". That's faith! There are many today that think that they know what the Bible says... The authors didn't. They all referred to the mysteries. Why? Because from cover to cover it is a mystery. If anyone that thinks they know it well actually studied the real words they would at least know that they don't know. They would also be very cautious in saying "God said" when they are simply repeating a verse from a book.
Whatever causes you to love - that's good. Whatever makes you less judgmental of others faults... that's good. Whatever causes you to trust in God - that's good. Oh, and God is good too!
Author: The Bible of God
It's so easy to get carried away in Bible verse and tell people that "God said in His Word" this or that. Did He really say that? Have you seen the original words? If you had, you would not be so quick to say "God said", because in many cases the words on the page of the book and the actual words are not the same. There are also over 1000 translations of the Bible. If there was one that said it correctly, why do we have 999 others?
If reading the Bible strengthens your faith in God then reading it is good. If reading the Bible makes you more loving and less judgmental then it is good. If reading the Bible makes you happier then it is good. If your faith is in the Bible, then it it is the wrong place. If you are a christian then you know what Jesus said according to the book; trust in God, and also in me.
I asked a good friend the other day "if the Bible didn't exist would you still believe and trust in God?". I was quite pleased when he said "absolutely". That's faith! There are many today that think that they know what the Bible says... The authors didn't. They all referred to the mysteries. Why? Because from cover to cover it is a mystery. If anyone that thinks they know it well actually studied the real words they would at least know that they don't know. They would also be very cautious in saying "God said" when they are simply repeating a verse from a book.
Whatever causes you to love - that's good. Whatever makes you less judgmental of others faults... that's good. Whatever causes you to trust in God - that's good. Oh, and God is good too!
Author: The Bible of God