Rules of Biblical Interpretation
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1. Decide what you want to believe is right.
2. Cherry pick a few random verses and twist it to your agenda.
3. When challenged claim that Holy Spirit and Jesus has show and told you its right.
4. If people still do not accept what you say, claim they are not genuine beleivers otherwise the Holy Spirit would convict them of this new revelation.
5. Do not waiver and make up any old rubbish, preferbly using other random verses in order to deflect attacks, use liberal amounts of "HOly Spirit showed me" in order to back yourself up.
2. Cherry pick a few random verses and twist it to your agenda.
3. When challenged claim that Holy Spirit and Jesus has show and told you its right.
4. If people still do not accept what you say, claim they are not genuine beleivers otherwise the Holy Spirit would convict them of this new revelation.
5. Do not waiver and make up any old rubbish, preferbly using other random verses in order to deflect attacks, use liberal amounts of "HOly Spirit showed me" in order to back yourself up.
And here is a scripture virtually no one believes...
Mat 13:10 And the disciples came and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?"
Mat 13:11 He answered and said to them, "Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
Mat 13:12 For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
Mat 13:13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
Mat 13:14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: 'HEARING YOU WILL HEAR AND SHALL NOT UNDERSTAND, AND SEEING YOU WILL SEE AND NOT PERCEIVE;
Mat 13:15 FOR THE HEARTS OF THIS PEOPLE HAVE GROWN DULL. THEIR EARS ARE HARD OF HEARING, AND THEIR EYES THEY HAVE CLOSED, LEST THEY SHOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, LEST THEY SHOULD UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEARTS AND TURN, SO THAT I SHOULD HEAL THEM.'
Mat 13:10 And the disciples came and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?"
Mat 13:11 He answered and said to them, "Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
Mat 13:12 For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
Mat 13:13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
Mat 13:14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: 'HEARING YOU WILL HEAR AND SHALL NOT UNDERSTAND, AND SEEING YOU WILL SEE AND NOT PERCEIVE;
Mat 13:15 FOR THE HEARTS OF THIS PEOPLE HAVE GROWN DULL. THEIR EARS ARE HARD OF HEARING, AND THEIR EYES THEY HAVE CLOSED, LEST THEY SHOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, LEST THEY SHOULD UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEARTS AND TURN, SO THAT I SHOULD HEAL THEM.'
No, it does not. Our understanding may be in contradiction, but the Word of God does not...
Joh 10:35 If He called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),
If this one statement is not true, what others are not true? If one statement is faulty, then none can be trusted and this whole discussion is in vain. There is not absolute truth and we are all wasting valuable time for as Paul said...
1Co 15:30 And why do we stand in jeopardy every hour?
1Co 15:31 I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
1Co 15:32 If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, "LET US EAT AND DRINK, FOR TOMORROW WE DIE!"
Joh 10:35 If He called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),
If this one statement is not true, what others are not true? If one statement is faulty, then none can be trusted and this whole discussion is in vain. There is not absolute truth and we are all wasting valuable time for as Paul said...
1Co 15:30 And why do we stand in jeopardy every hour?
1Co 15:31 I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
1Co 15:32 If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, "LET US EAT AND DRINK, FOR TOMORROW WE DIE!"
Rule 13: Not all the books of the bible carry the same weight. The gospels are not "scripture" under the apostolic interpretation, and in them are found many contradictions, especially numerical problems between Matthew and the other gospels, eg number of demon possessed men whose demons were cast into a herd of swine.
So we have to be aware that there is a strong likelihood that some of the gospel material has been interpolated.
Then there is Mark Ch 16 which many say is not original.
etc etc.
The Jewish bible was divided into three categories, prophets, Torah and writings. It's not actually clear whether all of the "writings" were regarded as scripture in the orthodox sense.
You'll find a list of biblical contradictions as long as your arm if you search hard. Most are however quite minor, and can be put down to copying errors etc. To pretend that they don't exist is dishonest, and perhaps Rule 0 is that Christians are not bible idolators.
So we have to be aware that there is a strong likelihood that some of the gospel material has been interpolated.
Then there is Mark Ch 16 which many say is not original.
etc etc.
The Jewish bible was divided into three categories, prophets, Torah and writings. It's not actually clear whether all of the "writings" were regarded as scripture in the orthodox sense.
You'll find a list of biblical contradictions as long as your arm if you search hard. Most are however quite minor, and can be put down to copying errors etc. To pretend that they don't exist is dishonest, and perhaps Rule 0 is that Christians are not bible idolators.
And whilst we're at it, we'd better admit that many of the wisdom books reputedly written by Solomon were not necessarily written by him at all; and that there is no record of anyone called Daniel ever existing in Babylon, and some of the Babylonian history of Daniel is pretty anomalous; whilst Esther does not even warrant being in the biblical canon at all, according to some notable scholars.
