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In 2 Timothy 3:16 Paul says:
"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness."
Peter also had the same idea when he said that man wrote the word of God while being carried along by the Holy Spirit in 2 Peter 1:21
"For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit."
And he also called the word of God "Living" and "abiding forever" in 1 Peter 1:23. Jesus, the Prophets, everywhere in scripture says that God is incapable of lying and that the Bible wasn't written by man, but it was written by God. It doesn't contain many errors, but it in fact contains NO errors. ALL of scripture is true and breathed out by God.
Then there are the verses that were spoken by God himself when he was physically here on Earth that mankind denies and doesn't call true. In effect literally calling God a liar and twisting his very words.
You cannot just cherry pick what verses you like and what verses you don't like and call yourself a Bible believing Christian. You might be a lost and confused Christian but, you are not a Bible believing one because, If you believe what God has to say to mankind, you have to believe ALL of it exactly as it was recorded. Because, God cannot and God will not lie. He has no reason to. For what reason would God have to lie to mankind? God is not a deceiver that is Satan.
You can have your own answers to said verses but your answer has to be to something exactly as it was recorded by God. You cannot twist the word of God to say what you want it to say. I'm sorry to say it, the Church has lost its way. So many Christians (and non Christians) today just plain do not believe God and what God has to say to mankind. They have to makeup their own God to suit their own needs because that God sounds "more right" to them than the God that actually exists.
Sound Familiar? The Egyptians? The Early Romans? The Greeks? The Huns? The Norse people? Sodom and Gomorrah? They all invented their own god's instead of just accepting the God of the Bible for what he truly is.
The only way we can know who the true God of the Universe is is to read scripture as God himself recorded it. Not adding our own personal reasoning to it because we will always be wrong because we are corruptible (Sorry but that just is what happens with sin and we are all sinners). Nor adding what the Pope or any other man says for the very same reason. Read ALL of scripture for what it is and you will come to see exactly who God is and what he wants and expects from people. Anything else, is calling God a liar. Not saying people cannot be saved while being confused on God and Bible. To quote Paul "Salvation is by grace through faith and it is not of ourselves but it is the very gift of God". But if you really want to believe the Bible and grow in your sanctification and Christian walk. If you don't want to invent your own God and add your own history into your head you have to read scripture for what it is, a book from God.
You will come to find out that the reformers and St. Augustine actually interpreted scripture for what it is. You will come to find out that the Apostles nor the Prophets nor God himself come in the flesh lied ANYWHERE when what they did or saw or said was recorded. You will come to find out a lot about life and the very question of "Why are we here? What is our purpose?" will be answered.
This all being said, I'm not trying to push Reformed Theology on anyone. I'm merely inviting people to read scripture for what it says. I'm merely asking if people believe scripture is the living breathing word of God. If you come to a different conclusion while honestly reading the entire word of God for what it says, more power to you. But, if you were really honest with yourself you will find that a lot of what the Reformers said, preached, and believed is true and was ALL contained and written in scripture.
"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness."
Peter also had the same idea when he said that man wrote the word of God while being carried along by the Holy Spirit in 2 Peter 1:21
"For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit."
And he also called the word of God "Living" and "abiding forever" in 1 Peter 1:23. Jesus, the Prophets, everywhere in scripture says that God is incapable of lying and that the Bible wasn't written by man, but it was written by God. It doesn't contain many errors, but it in fact contains NO errors. ALL of scripture is true and breathed out by God.
Then there are the verses that were spoken by God himself when he was physically here on Earth that mankind denies and doesn't call true. In effect literally calling God a liar and twisting his very words.
You cannot just cherry pick what verses you like and what verses you don't like and call yourself a Bible believing Christian. You might be a lost and confused Christian but, you are not a Bible believing one because, If you believe what God has to say to mankind, you have to believe ALL of it exactly as it was recorded. Because, God cannot and God will not lie. He has no reason to. For what reason would God have to lie to mankind? God is not a deceiver that is Satan.
You can have your own answers to said verses but your answer has to be to something exactly as it was recorded by God. You cannot twist the word of God to say what you want it to say. I'm sorry to say it, the Church has lost its way. So many Christians (and non Christians) today just plain do not believe God and what God has to say to mankind. They have to makeup their own God to suit their own needs because that God sounds "more right" to them than the God that actually exists.
Sound Familiar? The Egyptians? The Early Romans? The Greeks? The Huns? The Norse people? Sodom and Gomorrah? They all invented their own god's instead of just accepting the God of the Bible for what he truly is.
The only way we can know who the true God of the Universe is is to read scripture as God himself recorded it. Not adding our own personal reasoning to it because we will always be wrong because we are corruptible (Sorry but that just is what happens with sin and we are all sinners). Nor adding what the Pope or any other man says for the very same reason. Read ALL of scripture for what it is and you will come to see exactly who God is and what he wants and expects from people. Anything else, is calling God a liar. Not saying people cannot be saved while being confused on God and Bible. To quote Paul "Salvation is by grace through faith and it is not of ourselves but it is the very gift of God". But if you really want to believe the Bible and grow in your sanctification and Christian walk. If you don't want to invent your own God and add your own history into your head you have to read scripture for what it is, a book from God.
You will come to find out that the reformers and St. Augustine actually interpreted scripture for what it is. You will come to find out that the Apostles nor the Prophets nor God himself come in the flesh lied ANYWHERE when what they did or saw or said was recorded. You will come to find out a lot about life and the very question of "Why are we here? What is our purpose?" will be answered.
This all being said, I'm not trying to push Reformed Theology on anyone. I'm merely inviting people to read scripture for what it says. I'm merely asking if people believe scripture is the living breathing word of God. If you come to a different conclusion while honestly reading the entire word of God for what it says, more power to you. But, if you were really honest with yourself you will find that a lot of what the Reformers said, preached, and believed is true and was ALL contained and written in scripture.
