I was talking with a man about the Bible and about the
process for choosing which books went into the Bible we have now. He almost put his fingers in his ears! He
actually said to me; “God gave us the Bible exactly as it is in the King James
Authorized Bible. How can you preach the Word of God if you don’t believe
that?” It had been so long since I heard some one say that. I was stunned for a
moment.
He did not want to hear anything else. His faith is so weak
that a change in his preconceptions would shatter it. He had made an idol out
of his King James translation of the bible. Every dot and word had to be
perfect and with out error of his faith in God was gone.
It is scandalous for Christians if we remain contented about
our own ignorance and understanding of the Bible. This includes the history of
how the Bible came to us and the movement of people in the Holy
Land . The more I learn and understand about the scriptures the
more powerful they become for me. This even includes all the human frailties that
produced it. We must understand that God did not dictate word for word the
Bible we have today. It was written by men and women who had a powerful
personal relationship with God and passed it on to us in their own words.
To accept what that man believes about the Bible is to make
an idol out of the book.
AMEN!
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