The Bible scriptures are like a puzzle you must get all the pieces right to form an accurate picture.
If you are a Christian, do you get to pick and choose which parts of the Bible to read and believe?
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Not at all. The OP mentioned his friend crossed out stuff with a black pen. To me that's like saying God's word isn't of importance.
quietthinker
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If you are a Christian, do you get to pick and choose which parts of the Bible to read and believe?
Without question!
Without question!
It is written that God is not the author of confusion. Give you a good example of it. In Matthew 24 if you read the question when the apostles ask Christ when would the end be and the coming of his return. If you read the account as written and teach it as written you won’t get a clear understanding of it. Because in the book of Luke when he writes about the same thing he adds a division to the events. By saying but “before all these”. By reading both accounts you getting a clearing understanding of the events.
I do this also... I use the bible for life application... I am not interested in the in-depth studies of the history of things... Not that it is not important... my mind is just not able to comprehend a lot of information... so I focus on the New Testament... and I also read the Psalms a lot... and proverbs...
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looks like @amadeus answered. It took me some time when I first came here to figure out that OP meant the original post which started the thread. You are not alone. Me and Acronyms do not do well.
Hello Triump1300,
How interesting what you friend had done to cross out scriptures like that. Guess that is one way of taking the scripture out first hand if you desire to do that.
Would like to answer the question How would you as a Christian define the Bible?
The bible is a proclaiming of God, Creation, The Fall, and Restoration of what was lost in the Garden of Eden. Written with-in the confines of 66 books in one Book - Called the Holy bible. Which has a history and context behind it, along with the mystery about Christ Yeshua and the purpose in which He had came to earth, died for (what was lost in the fall) - Sin -> For all people, and God raised Him up for justification of overcoming the world, sin, death, hell, the grave, and Satan.
Not only is that interesting but one other thing is that the Disciples of Christ Jesus - went out to proclaim the good news, about Him and were killed for this proclaiming of such great news.
This is how my personal description of the defining of the Bible in itself. - Yes there are bibles with errors here and there -> To get the bottom of that it requires going to using a Concordance or a site like biblehub.com and looking at scripture and see what they mean in greek to get a full understanding of what some words mean and gain more wisdom from those sources in reading and trusting God, and the Lord Jesus Christ in growing in learning the word of God. - The Holy Bible.
Grailhunter
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It is not just the cherry picking...
And most do not go through the Bible and cross out the scriptures they do not like.
What some do is either ignore or explain away the scripture they do not like.
And then underline the scriptures they like.
It is a sure fire way to come up with a false understanding of the Bible and Christianity.
And most do not go through the Bible and cross out the scriptures they do not like.
What some do is either ignore or explain away the scripture they do not like.
And then underline the scriptures they like.
It is a sure fire way to come up with a false understanding of the Bible and Christianity.
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I had my first class last night that I told you about. We all had to take turns reading out loud which I’m not comfortable with in the first place. But acronyms were all in it like SAMHSA...and when I came to it I was thinking ‘you got to be kidding’ my stumbling over it. Then when everyone else read out loud they stumbled over the acronyms. The teacher asked everyone to rate their stress and comfort level over the first class and everyone said about 3 or 4! On comfort. I realized real quick I wasn’t alone and that in itself was comforting.
Grailhunter
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Its all a matter of priority for some. I mean it is only your soul. Then again, the early Christians only knew so much...no Bibles.
Hello Grailhunter,
Have you had someone whom you met that had done these things when you and them talked about scripture? Maybe coming up with different opinions, views, and outlooks when it came down to the word of God and looking and reading it by the context and contents provided?
Hello Addy,
Would agree with you, that there are people whom do not understand what is going on the bible, or let alone spend time to read or study the contents and context, by their own choice.
Also to your quote it is nice to discuss and see what people see, think, process information, their emotions, and feelings. All of these things are ways to get to understand a person // regardless if a person desires to study the bible, or look in and study these things which are freely given ; care and are interested in at least.
Be it the spiritual side of things, or some of the worldly things. Either or.
Conversating, asking questions, and learning are all part of life.
I agree but all too often what you get is condemnation.... Anyways... I'm off for a walk... Bless you...
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