How Well Do You Know The Bible?

[Truth OT]

On a scale, how would you rank your scriptural knowledge? Additionally, what about your understanding of scripture?

 

[Helen]

On a scale, how would you rank your scriptural knowledge? Additionally, what about your understanding of scripture?

Well my friend , from where I sit...it matters not how well any of us know the bible ...when the chips are down what will matter is how well we know the Author and how close we are to His heart.

If we have done due diligence and spent time with Him, and time in His word..the knowledge of the word is effortless , it becomes a part of us.

My two cents

 

[reformed1689]

On a scale, how would you rank your scriptural knowledge? Additionally, what about your understanding of scripture?

How would you even quantify something like that?

 

[Truth OT]

Can you know the Lord without knowing the Bible?

 

[reformed1689]

Can you know the Lord without knowing the Bible?

Yes and no. Can you know God exists? Yes. Can you know God is majestic? Yes. Can you know about Christ dying for you and the need for him to do so? No. Can you know the love of God? No. The Righteousness of God? No. etc....

 

[Helen]

Can you know the Lord without knowing the Bible?

Don't be silly...as Moses wrote a big chunk of the O.T. himself ...obviously people knew God before anything was written down.

Noah did not have a bible...neither did Abraham...

 

[Helen]

Yes and no. Can you know God exists? Yes. Can you know God is majestic? Yes. Can you know about Christ dying for you and the need for him to do so? No. Can you know the love of God? No. The Righteousness of God? No. etc....

Are you sure about that? ;)

Noah new of the judgement of God.
Abraham knew of the Fatherhood of God...and with the 'ram in the thicket' he knew about the provision of God.

Moses knew about I Am ..and the loving heart of God when God revealed His name El Shaddai .."many breasted one" to Moses.

Etc etc...

 

[Truth OT]

Don't be silly...as Moses wrote a big chunk of the O.T. himself ...obviously people knew God before anything was written down.

Noah did not have a bible...neither did Abraham...

Those individuals each had a physical interaction with God. Those patriarchs are said to have had experience we do not have and are not promised to have.

 

[Helen]

Those individuals each had a physical interaction with God. Those patriarchs are said to have had experience we do not have and are not promised to have.

If you wish to believe that..okay.. ;)

 

[reformed1689]

Are you sure about that? ;)

Noah new of the judgement of God.
Abraham knew of the Fatherhood of God...and with the 'ram in the thicket' he knew about the provision of God.

Moses knew about I Am ..and the loving heart of God when God revealed His name El Shaddai .."many breasted one" to Moses.

Etc etc...

God interacted with humanity different then than He does now.

 

[Truth OT]

Can you know God exists? Yes. Can you know God is majestic? Yes.

Without a reliable point of reference, how can these details about a being be known? The qualities of God are revealed in and confirmed by scripture. Without scripture and detailed Adam and Apostle-like 1st person interactive revelations, any ideas one may have about the qualities of God are subjective opinions without a foundation to stand on. The Bible is THE foundation.

 

[Truth OT]

If you wish to believe that..okay.. ;)

It's not about belief, it's about what the Bible says.

 

[marks]

God interacted with humanity different then than He does now.

Yes and no. He is still very personal.

 

[marks]

Without a reliable point of reference, how can these details about a being be known?

The fact of the creation tells us that there is One powerful enough to create it, and having created it, is therefore above it.

 

[Hidden In Him]

On a scale, how would you rank your scriptural knowledge? Additionally, what about your understanding of scripture?

Scriptural knowledge? I've been scoping out the Bible like a hound dog since I was just a little pup.

Not as big on the Old Testament as on the New, mind you. But why do you ask?

Can you know the Lord without knowing the Bible?

It would be possible, yes. But for those who want to know Him, the Lord generally sends someone to them, with either knowledge of the word and/or copies to distribute to them. Again, why are you asking?

 

[reformed1689]

Without a reliable point of reference, how can these details about a being be known? The qualities of God are revealed in and confirmed by scripture. Without scripture and detailed Adam and Apostle-like 1st person interactive revelations, any ideas one may have about the qualities of God are subjective opinions without a foundation to stand on. The Bible is THE foundation.

Romans 1 says all know about God whether or not they have studied Scripture because of his general revelation in creation.

 

[reformed1689]

Yes and no. He is still very personal.

Yes, but not in the same way he was in the OT.

 

[marks]

Yes, but not in the same way he was in the OT.

Agreed. But that doesn't mean it's "less than".

 

[Truth OT]

The fact of the creation tells us that there is One powerful enough to create it, and having created it, is therefore above it.

The fact of existence reveals that there is existence. The fact that thee is existence doesn't in and of itself reveal how existence came about or what acted or was acted upon to cause the beginning of what we know as existence. Revelation provides addresses these topics and attempts to give an identity and specificity to the cause.

 

[marks]

The fact of existence reveals that there is existence. The fact that thee is existence doesn't in and of itself reveal how existence came about or what acted or was acted upon to cause the beginning of what we know as existence.

The fact of existence is self-evident, and the simplest reasoning shows it didn't get here on it's own.