Posted on 10/17/2014 5:25:44 PM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
Yes, God’s Word is all that. But private interpretation of scripture is not. Your personal interpretation of God’s Word is your opinion, it is not inspired, it is fallible and is liable to error. As your posts on this thread have proven. But thank you for sharing your own personal interpretation of scripture anyway. I’m sure you mean well in doing so.
Listen up! God knew and understood that in his sin, man would be ignorant; therefore He made it simple enough for a child to understand. It means exactly what it says, and those who are filled with religious dogma of darkness, have been used by Satan to make it complicated and confusing. God “is not the author of confusion.” I’ve read the book some 100 times or more, studied it diligently for some 35 years, and I know what it says.
According to this theory, if God’s Word cannot be understood by humanity, then God wasted His time inspiring the writers. Understanding the Word of God, and properly interpreting it requires the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit, as well as diligent study. There are many who properly interpret the Word of God, and understand what it says. The problem is this, “the natural man cannot understand the things of God, neither can he, they are spiritually discerned.” This is why a man must be born-again! He must be supernaturally transformed if he is to understand the things of God, the Word of God. Those of us who have truly experienced the new birth, understand this element of truth, for we have personally experienced it. Yes indeed, the natural man cannot interpret Scripture; however, the Spirit who indwells those who have been born-again, is the same Spirit who wrote the Scriptures, and is well able to properly interpret. The new creature in Christ, has the “mind of Christ,” and can very will understand the Word of God.
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