The Bible is open to interpretation....

[jessicaleks93]

I've heard this multiple times, usually by non-Christians who of course have never read it, and have this liberalized view of Christianity that it is a soft liberal religion and that its scripture is open to interpretation to twist to suit their immoral ways as they wish. I've read the vast majority of the bible so far and it seems its literally in black and white for me and very clear on what the word of God is. Does anyone else get irritated by this? Or does anyone here believe there are parts that are open to interpretation that can be backed up? I do sometimes ask these people to provide a verse that they think is open to interpretation by of course, they cannot, they're 'not sure' or 'don't know' all of the sudden.

 

[marks]

I've heard this multiple times, usually by non-Christians who of course have never read it, and have this liberalized view of Christianity that it is a soft liberal religion and that its scripture is open to interpretation to twist to suit their immoral ways as they wish. I've read the vast majority of the bible so far and it seems its literally in black and white for me and very clear on what the word of God is. Does anyone else get irritated by this? Or does anyone here believe there are parts that are open to interpretation that can be backed up? I do sometimes ask these people to provide a verse that they think is open to interpretation by of course, they cannot, they're 'not sure' or 'don't know' all of the sudden.

I find at least for the most part it's pretty clear in what it says. I've found some parts that I'd consider "open to interpretation", but not too much.

Matthew 10 comes to mind. Jesus is giving instructions to His disciples as He sends them out in pairs. But His instructions seem to go far beyond that particular time, and appear to me to be including apostolic times, and end the times in the end of the age, before He returns.

But it doesn't say that, I'd call that open to interpretation.

But for the most part I agree with you that this is a ploy used to deny the Word of God.

Much love!

 

[Ritajanice]

1 Corinthians 2

King James Version

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2 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.

 

[jessicaleks93]

1 Corinthians 2​

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King James Version​

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2 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.

Correct we use the holy spirit for guidance also and not solely the bible, but scripturally speaking, I don't think any of it is for negotiation as to what it means / instructs.

 

[marks]

Correct we use the holy spirit for guidance also and not solely the bible, but scripturally speaking, I don't think any of it is for negotiation as to what it means / instructs.

In all the years I've spent debating with others over what the Scriptures mean, those who tend to take everything literally as written (while accounting for symbols and metaphors and allegories and such) seem to reach the same conclusions about the different teachings, while those who tend more to allow something to be a metaphor or symbol or such though it's not written that way, seem to be more in disagreement with others.

I've got two basic rules I use, looking for the Holy Spirit to reveal His truth to me: Believe what I read, and, The best commentary of the Bible is the Bible.

Much love!

 

[Behold]

I've heard this multiple times, usually by non-Christians who of course have never read it, and have this liberalized view of Christianity that it is a soft liberal religion and that its scripture is open to interpretation to twist to suit their immoral ways as they wish. I've read the vast majority of the bible so far and it seems its literally in black and white for me and very clear on what the word of God is. Does anyone else get irritated by this? Or does anyone here believe there are parts that are open to interpretation that can be backed up? I do sometimes ask these people to provide a verse that they think is open to interpretation by of course, they cannot, they're 'not sure' or 'don't know' all of the sudden.

Religious people, including bible correctors and bible haters, will say that the bible is "open to their" interpretation, or to the interpretation of someone who can fluently read K.Greek Texts, who is usually a " Scholar", who believes they are the authority and not the Bible.

What the BIBLE tells us to do with the Bible, is "study it"... "discern it".= Spiritually",.... as you can't get the Revelation that is the word of God by just reading it, as its not a Dictionary, its not an encyclopedia...

A.) Jesus in Us, as "Christ in You", is the Revealer of the Holy Scriptures.. This comes as "revelation knowledge".. and the NT speaks of this as the "eyes of your understanding being opened, being en-LIGHT-ened"..

Why does that world have "LIGHT" in it?
Its because "God Exists in LIGHT", and "Jesus is the LIGHT of the WORLD" and all the born again are become "Children of THE LIGHT"< ...having been..
= "Translated from darkness... TO LIGHT">......and that is to enter the KOG. as "IN Christ"...... and the Bible, you see... came from the Spirit of God..
Men just wrote it down.

See how all that connects and works as "ONE"?

 

[jessicaleks93]

Religious people, including bible correctors and bible haters, will say that the bible is "open to their" interpretation, or to the interpretation of someone who can fluently read K.Greek Texts, who is usually a " Scholar", who believes they are the authority and not the Bible.

What the BIBLE tells us to do with the Bible, is "study it"... "discern it".= Spiritually",.... as you can't get the Revelation that is the word of God by just reading it, as its not a Dictionary, its not an encyclopedia...

A.) Jesus in Us, as "Christ in You", is the Revealer of the Holy Scriptures.. This comes as "revelation knowledge".. and the NT speaks of this as the "eyes of your understanding being opened, being en-LIGHT-ened"..

Why does that world have "LIGHT" in it?
Its because "God Exists in LIGHT", and "Jesus is the LIGHT of the WORLD" and all the born again are become "Children of THE LIGHT"< ...having been..
= "Translated from darkness... TO LIGHT">......and that is to enter the KOG... and the Bible came from the Spirit of God..

See how all that connects and works as "ONE"?

when it refers to 'light' I logically think what is light / what does it resemble... the combination of all colours, throughout spirituality what are the different colours related to? we see many verses throughout the bible giving specifications to colors to use for certain things, such as purple for the head - thus its used in royalty, different colors resemble different energies / states of being and when you are your best self / most progressed and developed you are of light, all combined, its purity and spiritual enlightenment and it is a state we are here to potentially reach, we must match Gods energy / state of being in order to be with him again.
That's a fairly deep analysis of scripture referring to light.
I'm more referring in my original post sins, as that's what people like to say isn't that serious anymore, as churches in the West have become tolerant and liberal culturally, I think its what makes people think the bible must be too, and that since forgiveness is part of the religion and that Jesus died for us, they seem to think its a free pass to carry on sinning, like God won't know their repentance isn't legit

 

[Ritajanice]

Correct we use the holy spirit for guidance also and not solely the bible, but scripturally speaking, I don't think any of it is for negotiation as to what it means / instructs.

Amen!!...the Holy Spirit is a real person , as in, his own right, listen for his voice and he will guide you, he will make your path straight....it’s far from an easy walk at times....the Spirit will keep you enduring and in his power as we are Born Again of Gods seed...a Living seed....Praise God.

Never listen to the voice of man / woman...unless you know it’s the Holy Spirit ministering to you through them, test the spirits , not all are who they say they are...whatever you hear them say always check it out with Gods written word.

1 John 4:1

King James Version

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4 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world

 

[Behold]

That's a fairly deep analysis of scripture referring to light.

Its a beautiful thing to be born again into God's Holy Spirit, as "In Christ" and "one with God"..

All The born again exist there, right now.......as "seated in Heavenly Places"...

This is why the NT verse says..

"As Jesus is, so are the born again, in THIS world".

And that explains why the born again are to understand they are in the world but not to be a part of it..

The born again, are not a part of it.....the born again are "one with God", and are going there very soon.

Its good for the Believer to become very "heavenly minded" and ZERO "world focused"., for the most part.

I'm more referring in my original post sins, as that's what people like to say isn't that serious anymore, as churches in the West have become tolerant and liberal culturally, I think its what makes people think the bible must be too, and that since forgiveness is part of the religion and that Jesus died for us, they seem to think its a free pass to carry on sinning, like God won't know their repentance isn't legit

Well, if a Christian's final authority is not the word of God then the only thing left is their opinion regarding "what this commentary said, and this scholar wrote".

So, when a person has their "opinion = as their God" .. they are certainly not going to be of much use to anyone but the Devil.

Christianity, is a very remarkable and lovely, narrow situation, regarding how to become one, and what it means to have become one.

"Opinions" dont like that reality, and they also dont like that Bible that denies their opinions., and they will be happy to give you their opinion about that ....

Its impossible for a local assembly = local church to be anything but a sort of "feel good about yourself" center or a "you are all horrible sinners, repent", center.
And those 2, have a lot of members, and neither of them is truly an Authentic NT Church, as you can't be one of those unless the leadership is under the authority of the word of God, regarding the basic Doctrines that Paul gave us.

 

[ScottA]

I've heard this multiple times, usually by non-Christians who of course have never read it, and have this liberalized view of Christianity that it is a soft liberal religion and that its scripture is open to interpretation to twist to suit their immoral ways as they wish. I've read the vast majority of the bible so far and it seems its literally in black and white for me and very clear on what the word of God is. Does anyone else get irritated by this? Or does anyone here believe there are parts that are open to interpretation that can be backed up? I do sometimes ask these people to provide a verse that they think is open to interpretation by of course, they cannot, they're 'not sure' or 'don't know' all of the sudden.

The word of God declares that there is only one correct translation or interpretation. Which is by the Holy Spirit, thus making the words spirit, and beyond any literary interpretation.

 

[Behold]

The word of God declares that there is only one correct translation or interpretation. Which is by the Holy Spirit, thus making the words spirit, and beyond any literary interpretation.

He created it and He reveals it.

And "God gives Teachers, Apostles, Pastors, Evangelists, and Prophets" for the "PERFECTING of the Saints".....

So, these work "hand in hand" with the Holy Spirit.

The issue becomes dark and cloudy, when you have people who are not truly born again, or people who are born again, yet are deceived, trying to teach.. .and building denominations.. and writing "christian books".. .etc, etc.

In these end times, the devil has so many people, in "ministry" that a new Believer is going to find it very hard to even last a month before Calvin gets them, or "the cult of mary" or "mormonism"..

The devil is hard at work, confusing, deceiving, .......because he knows that the end is near.

 

[Pearl]

I've heard this multiple times, usually by non-Christians who of course have never read it, and have this liberalized view of Christianity that it is a soft liberal religion and that its scripture is open to interpretation to twist to suit their immoral ways as they wish. I've read the vast majority of the bible so far and it seems its literally in black and white for me and very clear on what the word of God is. Does anyone else get irritated by this? Or does anyone here believe there are parts that are open to interpretation that can be backed up? I do sometimes ask these people to provide a verse that they think is open to interpretation by of course, they cannot, they're 'not sure' or 'don't know' all of the sudden.

The only one able to truly interpret the bible to us is the Holy Spirit.

 

[SavedInHim]

Yes and no. I don't believe it's open to any and every interpretation a person wants to give it; some people teach that. That is, they say God's word has no inherent meaning; it only has meaning when someone derives meaning from it. I don't believe that for a second.

On the other hand, understanding God's message to us through His word does require that we know how to read the Bible and understand sound principles of interpretation; not for the purpose of putting our own meaning on the text but to understand what God is saying. His message doesn't change from person to person, people just have different ideas about what it means.

 

[Ritajanice]

The only one able to truly interpret the bible to us is the Holy Spirit.

Amen!!..Sis!

 

[Davy]

I've heard this multiple times, usually by non-Christians who of course have never read it, and have this liberalized view of Christianity that it is a soft liberal religion and that its scripture is open to interpretation to twist to suit their immoral ways as they wish. I've read the vast majority of the bible so far and it seems its literally in black and white for me and very clear on what the word of God is. Does anyone else get irritated by this? Or does anyone here believe there are parts that are open to interpretation that can be backed up? I do sometimes ask these people to provide a verse that they think is open to interpretation by of course, they cannot, they're 'not sure' or 'don't know' all of the sudden.

God said the following to the children of Israel when they began to fall into idol worship of the Canaanites...

Judg 2:2-3
2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed My voice: why have ye done this?

3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
KJV

Same for today, God will allow... us to fall away to men's doctrines if that's what we choose. Thus He leaves the traps of devil of this world in place in order to see who we will follow.

 

[Ronald Nolette]

I've heard this multiple times, usually by non-Christians who of course have never read it, and have this liberalized view of Christianity that it is a soft liberal religion and that its scripture is open to interpretation to twist to suit their immoral ways as they wish. I've read the vast majority of the bible so far and it seems its literally in black and white for me and very clear on what the word of God is. Does anyone else get irritated by this? Or does anyone here believe there are parts that are open to interpretation that can be backed up? I do sometimes ask these people to provide a verse that they think is open to interpretation by of course, they cannot, they're 'not sure' or 'don't know' all of the sudden.

I am far more irritated by those who call themselves believers and blatantly reinterpret Scripture to suit their own doctrinal agenda and then call it "spiritual discernment" given to them by the Holy Spirit.