AND THE TRUTH SHOULD BE APPLIED however , a God of love , justice and the only source for true righteousness .
THE TRUTH
AND THE TRUTH SHOULD BE APPLIED however , a God of love , justice and the only source for true righteousness .
As for the great knowledge and achievements of the world : “ Do not love the world or the things in the world . If anyone loves the world , the love of the Father is not in him ”
( 1 John 2:15 ). Jesus said that he who loves the world more than Him is not fit for the Kingdom .
Those who choose to call the Bible irrelevant have the disease of not seeing or hearing God , both absolute prerequisites to understanding the Bible . Only revelation will open it up to them , by reading the book with faith and an open heart , instead of rejecting it .
Jesus once asked the disciples who men were saying He was . They responded John the Baptist , Elijah or Jeremiah . The Lord then asked Simon Peter directly who he thought Jesus was . Peter responded that “ you are the Son of the Living God ”. Jesus happily said “ Blessed are you [ Simon Peter ] because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you but My Father who is in Heaven ” ( Matthew 16:13-17 ). Peter had had the necessary revelation that the “ men ” did not have .
Then there is the old argument that since the Bible was written by mere fallible men , it can ’ t be true . Therefore , they say , the Bible is just one more myth designed to give man comfort in his daily tribulations . The Bible WAS written by fallible men , untrained and uneducated fishermen , farmers , sheep herders and tax gatherers . There are many reasons to call them “ mere men ”. But God chose such men in order to glorify Him . These men knew it wasn ’ t them doing the work but God .
He chose these weak and fallible things of the world to confound the mighty .
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