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RE: One Yeti's Perspective 2-9-18: Chaos
I figured you were "introducing some chaos" back there. :-)
BTW - I spent a number of years questioning where the Bible came from, its structure and whether it has been changed too much to trust. After a number of years of reading, searching and contemplating, I came to the conclusion that, if I could not trust God's promise to preserve His message to me infallibly, I could not believe He exists at all. That is not to say there are corrupted Bibles. The majority are. But there is Bible that is without error available to this generation. It's the only one I use.
Right! I can see where you are. When I started to question the bible it was kind of the same but a little different.
Once I learned abiut hiw it was first canonized and then 1500 years later had several books removed that were no longer "mission critical" it made it clear to me that Gods word is truth and he has infact given use His word that is eternal...not written down, But Jesus, Yeshua. In John 1, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God". This shows uswith the uppercase W that the Word is God eternal. If that is the case we would say Jesus is the Word, our salvation through Jesus is salvation through Gods Word. The bible is certainly devinely inspired, but is always subject to mans nature. The gospel, the good news never changes, with or without the written text. The bible is referred to as a sword, but most times we only injure other believers when we swing it.
Once I had that revelation in my life my faith grew in God and his Word.
If you are correct, then there is never a cornerstone from which to build. It is always moveable based on wherever and individual wishes to place it.
The good new must be a written text or it can never be a preserved truth.
This, of course, coming from a person who believes God always creates order rather than chaos. :-) :-)
Haha well played! The difference might be "to build from". If we think of the early church and what they had. They had Torah, and other now old testament books, but they didn't have M,M,L and J. Those came later and were circulated later still. They didn't have the NT, haha they were living the NT. I think as we get excited about what church to build we should remember the church Jesus taught in and against. If we focus on simply building an organization to preserve it would be a museum, and how can we grow from there. Museums could be a place to remember cultures that have passed. I truly believe we can have order and truth without our current modern structure. "Lifted me from the mirey clay, put my feet upon the rock and now I know" I think about 2 Chron. 7:14. If we are to seek His face and turn from our wicked ways, coundn't that resemble order? 🙃
That would be order. The NT believer did have the Torah. But they also recognized the writings of, for instance, Paul, as equally Scripture.
BTW, I am traveling to preach at a conference this weekend. Won't be able to respond again until Tuesday or Wednesday.
Blessings.
Great! Be safe! I enjoyed your perspective today!