The Importance of How to Interpret a Biblical Text

[Fundaamental]

no, i believe you are sincerely trying to be my friend and help me. that is how i have viewed this entire discussion between us. and, i am not saying you are wrong. i am saying, there's a time and place for everything. and when a Poster continually disregards the Bible and the pre-incarnation of Jesus, that is not the time to let it slide, but to come at it with warfare.

this is all in your head I don't believe any of things you believe about me. Most of what you believe about what I believe are suggestions I've put forward most of the time, not absolutes.

Discussions are for also for suggestions...

how I sometimes word things may be a grammar problem I have with English.

But anyhow the only way to be beat badness is with Goodness. And holding on to kindness, that's what works for me.

What I believe and what I know to be true is only based on what I know.

I know how I feel but I don't know what your fealing but how can I feal what your fealing.
I think you may be possessed or mentally ill. I would advice you to get help.

 

[Cameron143]

no, i believe you are sincerely trying to be my friend and help me. that is how i have viewed this entire discussion between us. and, i am not saying you are wrong. i am saying, there's a time and place for everything. and when a Poster continually disregards the Bible and the pre-incarnation of Jesus, that is not the time to let it slide, but to come at it with warfare.

I appreciate what you have written and that has been my intention. And I do believe there is a righteous anger towards sin that glorifies God. One of my son's name is Phinehas after a man in the bible who slew another man because of his mockery of God. And the testimony that God gives of Phinehas is that he is as zealous for God's glory as God is for his own glory.
Having said that, it is a rare thing when someone is actually doing what they do to the glory of God. You know better your heart than I do. I just would rather God be glorified in His grace than in His judgment.

 

[The_Watchers_2017]

this is all in your head I don't believe any of things you believe about me. Most of what you believe about what I believe are suggestions I've put forward most of the time, not absolutes.

Discussions are for also for suggestions...

how I sometimes word things may be a grammar problem I have with English.

But anyhow the only way to be beat badness is with Goodness. And holding on to kindness, that's what works for me.

What I believe and what I know to be true is only based on what I know.

I know how I feel but I don't know what your fealing but how can I feal what your fealing.
I think you may be possessed or mentally ill. I would advice you to get help.

there are basic principles that ALL Followers of God simply MUST believe.

if you're saying that SCIENCE is more authority over the Bible, the Bible is outdated, these are things you have typed and posted.

if you're saying the Father gives Utterance when the Bible says the Holy Spirit, these are things you have typed and posted.

if you're saying, being Saved is when we Speak in Tongues, these are things you have typed and posted.

if you're saying that Jesus did not make appearances in the Old Testament, but you say it's the FATHER, WHO NO ONE but the Son has seen, these are things you have typed and posted.

if you're saying, Sodomites, are born this way, that goes against the Word of God, these are things you have typed and posted.

if you're posting MORMON videos claiming they are CHRISTIAN, these are things you have typed and posted.

the list literally goes on and on...

this don't include when many here at CC presented you with Scripture, and then you denied it and changed topics, these are things you have typed and posted.



and now, you are saying, they were done as a Joke or that Language became a Barrier.

i only would ask, how long are you planning on continuing this LIE?

 

[Dino246]

I'm left with only one nagging question:

WHY must we fight Voddie Baucham?

 

[Fundaamental]

there are basic principles that ALL Followers of God simply MUST believe.

if you're saying that SCIENCE is more authority over the Bible, the Bible is outdated, these are things you have typed and posted.

if you're saying the Father gives Utterance when the Bible says the Holy Spirit, these are things you have typed and posted.

if you're saying, being Saved is when we Speak in Tongues, these are things you have typed and posted.

if you're saying that Jesus did not make appearances in the Old Testament, but you say it's the FATHER, WHO NO ONE but the Son has seen, these are things you have typed and posted.

if you're saying, Sodomites, are born this way, that goes against the Word of God, these are things you have typed and posted.

if you're posting MORMON videos claiming they are CHRISTIAN, these are things you have typed and posted.

the list literally goes on and on...

this don't include when many here at CC presented you with Scripture, and then you denied it and changed topics, these are things you have typed and posted.



and now, you are saying, they were done as a Joke or that Language became a Barrier.

i only would ask, how long are you planning on continuing this LIE?

is your name bla bla bla black sheep,

The last time I checked I didn't have a donkey tail.

And the last time I looked in mirror I had the same eyes two ears and there was no horns growing out of my head or the number 666 on my head.

Like every normal person i live to keep my self alive to provide for my family I work sleep and do my best to keep Goodness close to my heart.

I believe in Good and the light to keep me safe and my family.

I believe by morals and in my spare time I love science history geology and exploration When I get to be with my wife and kid who are working down south I love to spend quality time.

When I'm sat in my truck on hours on end I chat here to pass the time away and try to learn the word when I'm not being whipped that is by theese beavers gnawing away with there gnashers and there knickers in the air.

I understand Christianity is about kindness and if I ignore a blind man or a beggar then I must not be Christian.

Apart from that all theese doctrines of bash this and bash that, I'm still waiting for the lord to provide a whip.

I live in hope that the world will be a better place for all one day.

When I open a discussion I get theese difference of opinions I've never heard of before and I ask my self what is normal what is truth, I pinch my self to see if I'm still real, and I know I'm ok.

That me the average Joe another human being amongst billions, I don't claim to be anyone special and I have my faults like every other human being. 😊

 

[HeIsHere]

Truth is not evil. Ever. The "delivery" methodology is of little consequence when it comes to confronting lies which ARE evil.

I would agree truth can never be evil.
But I am not sure that the methodology, how it is delivered is of no consequence on the hearer.

 

[Magenta]

.Jesus cautioned the Pharisees that he came not for those who were whole but those who are sick. Mercy is better than sacrifice.

Matthew 9:13 ~ I desire mercy, not sacrifice.

 

[HeIsHere]

The problem isn't in correcting error, but the manner in which it is done.

If you have children you know there is a place for a firm voice.

But I agree that when giving correction best not to demean the person.

The problem is most people are emotionally invested in their beliefs and sometimes it is part of their identity like speaking in tongues, so even if one tries to speak to the topic and not speak to the character people still feel attacked because of the emotional component.

I really think ultimately best not to belabor it, just walk away. You seem to adhere to that very well.

 

[The_Watchers_2017]

is your name bla bla bla black sheep,

The last time I checked I didn't have a donkey tail.

And the last time I looked in mirror I had the same eyes two ears and there was no horns growing out of my head or the number 666 on my head.

Like every normal person i live to keep my self alive to provide for my family I work sleep and do my best to keep Goodness close to my heart.

I believe in Good and the light to keep me safe and my family.

I believe by morals and in my spare time I love science history geology and exploration When I get to be with my wife and kid who are working down south I love to spend quality time.

When I'm sat in my truck on hours on end I chat here to pass the time away and try to learn the word when I'm not being whipped that is by theese beavers gnawing away with there gnashers and there knickers in the air.

I understand Christianity is about kindness and if I ignore a blind man or a beggar then I must not be Christian.

Apart from that all theese doctrines of bash this and bash that, I'm still waiting for the lord to provide a whip.

I live in hope that the world will be a better place for all one day.

When I open a discussion I get theese difference of opinions I've never heard of before and I ask my self what is normal what is truth, I pinch my self to see if I'm still real, and I know I'm ok.

That me the average Joe another human being amongst billions, I don't claim to be anyone special and I have my faults like every other human being. 😊

it's actually GREAT if what you just wrote is true.

but you say, i just want to LEARN.

AWESOME!

so, how come then, when we offer up Scripture, your first response is to deny and make another claim?

if you really want to learn, why don't you believe the BIBLE when it says the Holy Spirit give UTTERANCE, but you refuse and say the Father?

People, who desire to LEARN, as you claim, DO NOT OPPOSE what is being TAUGHT to them.

or say, the Bible is outdated.

so, once again, when are you going to stop the charade?

 

[Fundaamental]

it's actually GREAT if what you just wrote is true.

but you say, i just want to LEARN.

AWESOME!

so, how come then, when we offer up Scripture, your first response is to deny and make another claim?

if you really want to learn, why don't you believe the BIBLE when it says the Holy Spirit give UTTERANCE, but you refuse and say the Father?

People, who desire to LEARN, as you claim, DO NOT OPPOSE what is being TAUGHT to them.

or say, the Bible is outdated.

so, once again, when are you going to stop the charade?

I'm going fishing now ill send you a postcard 😊

 

[Everlasting-Grace]

That is if we obey perfectly. We don't though we let emotion, biases, and ignorance disrupt hearing the Spirit.

Amen

sadly, so many churches teach things that we hear and take as gospel truth. without studying and testing if they are true or not

this leads to interpreting the word to fit our belief system, instead of using the bible to determine our belief system.

which has lead to a multiple of beliefs in so much of scripture.. and all these different groups of churches teaching different things..

sadly we become men followers and not God followers. then many get mad if you try to share why you do not agree with them (i know. I used to be that way)

 

[Everlasting-Grace]

This is where I'm not talking but someone else is educating you.

King James Only July 6
https://www.wayoflife.org/database/king_james_only.html

A lot of Christians are actually quite ignorant about the King James Bible (to their own detriment).

and then alot of people know first hand about how imperfect the KJB is. because they grew up on it. and actually started to study on their own

 

[Nehemiah6]

and then alot of people know first hand about how imperfect the KJB is. because they grew up on it. and actually started to study on their own

More ignorance. 400 + years of "imperfection" and no one stopped using it?????

 

[Everlasting-Grace]

More ignorance. 400 + years of "imperfection" and no one stopped using it?????

I stopped using the original KJV as have many people I know. I stopped using it when my dad gave me a NKJV scofield on my 18th birthday.. and I have not gone back. When my mother died. I got her KJV bible I keep on my shelf, A few times I have opened it up to read it. and am amazed that I could understand it at one time.. the language is so out there

If you have grown up with it and it is all you have ever used.. Its great,, use it, because you speak the language

if not. or your trying to get a new believer to read the bible. I would not give them a KJV anymore than I would give them a new living.. while one is so grossly misinterpreted. the other is in a language that most people can not understand so they would not be able to understand it.


By the way, we also have realized there is no perfect English Bible.. you can find mistakes in all of them. so you need to study to shew yourself approved whether you use the KJV the ASB the NIC the NKJV the NASB or whatever bible you use..

 

[hornetguy]

Your comments here unfortunately demonstrate a further flaw in word studies: doing too little research in the destination language.

"Dynamite" is indeed related to "dýnamis", but only secondarily. "Dynamite" did not exist until Alfred Nobel's invention of the explosive substance. The word directly related to "dýnamis" is dynamic, which itself is the root for "dynamite" and which means "(of a process, relationship or system) always changing and making progress" or "(of a force or power) producing movement"*, not "explosive". We have come to use "dynamic" to mean "powerful" but it doesn't directly mean "explosive".

Preachers and writers have incorrectly seized on "dynamite" because of the substance's sensational effects and the shock value of the comparison... in other words, "it preaches well". Sadly though, that leads people to an incorrect conclusion and confusion about the meaning of the text, as you have noted.

*both definitions from https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/dynamic.

We had an English teacher in the 7th-8th grade that wanted us to learn Greek and Latin root words, because by knowing those, we can figure out the meaning of words we've never seen before, simply by knowing the root word.

I remember this one.... the root word for dynamite is "dyn" it's also the root word for many others, as has been mentioned.

-dyn- comes from Greek, where it has the meaning "power. '' This meaning is found in such words as: dynamic, dynamism, dynamite, dynamo, dynasty.

 

[cv5]

Your motives seems pure enough but your methods are flawed. You don't overcome evil with evil, but with good. Because of the way you have chosen to proceed, you have lost your ability to influence Fundi. So no matter how much you know, Fundi will not receive it from you. In the words of Sir Topham Hatt...you are not a useful engine.
The wisdom that comes from God is first pure, then peaceable, etc. If your words don't promote peace, your wisdom will not be perceived as coming from God.

Key word: "Recompense".

Rom 12:17
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
Rom 12:18
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Rom 12:19
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Rom 12:20
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Rom 12:21
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

 

[hornetguy]

because you speak the language

not necessarily. That is the problem. You might know the words, but probably don't understand the meaning/context of many of them.
That is the issue I have with the KJV.... it is in an archaic form of English. There are so many better translations that can actually be understood...
Like the scripture that said something about going to "divers places".... I knew an older man that used that to say you could not go to a bar or pub, because you were not supposed to go to a "dive"....

 

[HeIsHere]

More ignorance. 400 + years of "imperfection" and no one stopped using it?????

Sadly "dumbing" down the language does not mean people will understand it better.

It seems the reverse to me, limited vocabulary, lack of understanding and researching, simplified language brings less meaning.

 

[NightTwister]

Whatever you claim to be, please do not assign yourself the appellation "mellifluous orator" or "beneficent scholar" or "refulgent illuminator of the Sacred Text".

Because clearly, you are none of those.

I didn't, and I don't know where you got the idea that I did. Perhaps you should concern yourself with that log in your eye.

 

[Fundaamental]

it's actually GREAT but it's time to get your cissy head off and it another time for me to whip you into calling you out.



but i say, you don't just want to LEARN. Because I know you have horns growing out of your head.

And I'm going to make dam sure you get seen as a false teacher and evil
So I will demonise you.



AWESOME! I've been playing this game for a while now

so, how come then, when i offer up Scripture, I suspect your first response is to call upon Satan and deny scripture and make another claim?



if you really want to learn, why don't you get rid of the horn in your head and stop being a false teacher and believe my bible. when my Holy Spirit is the best I mean it ,

but you refuse so I say come to thread all moderates and ban the crappy person

People, who desire to LEARN, as I claim , oppose every part of what I want to know and not take my none cissy whip seriously

I claim you think the Bible is outdated.


so, once again I will defeat yo because I know what I know , when are you going to stop the charade?

. Errrmmmmmmm. Did you get my postcard 😊