It seems that Christians put large emphasis on narrow portions of the Bible, what portions seems to depend on the sect. This brings up question though, what about the opposite? What parts of the Bible should be disregarded?
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Paul says all scripture is profitable for us, so none of it should be discarded. Scripture itself tells us which parts, like the Old Testament Law of Moses, no longer apply to us now days.
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kevlite2020
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I'm participating in a challenge right now to read the Bible in 90 days. One thing I'm learning by reading the Bible straight through in order, is that every book has so much for me to learn from and apply, and there's nothing obscure. There are some things that aren't as profitable to me, but I can see how they are to others, like some of the historical facts and geography, or things like the long geneologies. They all serve a purpose and the amazing thing is that the Bible ties to itself so well. Passages from the Old Testament that seem to be somewhat old and unnecessary turn up to reinforce and set a foundation for things in the New Testament. I haven't really seen a passage that made me think, hmm this is obscure, why's it here?
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Well I've yet to need the instructions for how to build the tabernacle.
The bible is a story. How do you disregard part of a story without spoiling the rest?
The problem comes when people start regarding the bible as a set of timeless truths and commands - then the idea of needing it all starts to look flaky because one is treating it as entirely the wrong sort of thing. One doesn't disregard the Levitical Laws, say, but neither does one keep them because they belong to a different part of the story. One treats them as what they are - an integral part of that bit of the story.
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childofGod31
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Nothing should be disregarded. People are doing it wrong. They are going by their church traditions without studying the whole Bible for themselves and discovering that church traditions are missing parts of it.
True Christianity would be reflected if baptist and pentecoastals and some other denominations put their core ideas TOGETHER and made a one way from it.
For example, Baptists are grounded in the Word of God. And that is very important. And that should be IN Christianity.
But the Pentecoastals have the manifestation of the Holy Spirit, which should NOT be ignored, because God's Spirit is alive and IS acting.
Charismatics focus on the joy that the Spirit gives. And joy is also an important element. So we should take the "joy" factor from them and add it to the true Christianity.
7th day adventists focus on obeying God's laws. And Jesus did say that not all who call me Lord will enter the kingdom of God, but those who DO THE WILL of the Father (which is His commandments in other words. not the 10 commandments per say, but all that God wants us to do).
But no matter, God is able to save people no matter what denomination they are in. He reveals His truth to them by guiding them to certain places and certain materials and by making a "light bulb" kind of understanding dawn on them when they read certain things.
But of course, Satan always copies God. So he will try to do that with his one world religion. Satan's ideas sound similar to God's (and will sound good on the surface): let's not separate, lets do away with traditions, let's let the truth comes out all by itself. Except, as in any other fake, it's going to be a different truth, a different way.
But people who truly study the Bible and truly cling to God won't be deceived. They will be grounded in the truth and God will keep them.
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That depends on who you talk to, which is probably the OPs point. As a Messianic I believe that the Torah of Moses is very relevant for today. It is good for instruction and teaching, and has much to say about the fickleness of people
Once you get past the "the Law is not for us" is can be quite revealing
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What you seem to understand is illusionary... regardless, even if you have a million billion people telling you "this is what the truth is", you shouldn't believe them if they are lying.
That's part of the whole "God is smarter then you" thing.
When I read these sorts of posts, I just feel sorry for the poster. Yet another person who can't get it.
To be totally honest.
Granted, I suppose, there are dumber, but equivalent, things which could be said. And are said. And are so completely expected and mundane.
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Think of it this way, when you approach a newcomer you only bring certain sections of the Bible to them. The same is true of a youth in the church or even with adults in the church. There are sections of the Bible that are simply never explored outside of a theology class, or when an atheist brings them up.
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There's a time and place for everything. Usually when talking to an atheist or a new believer, it's not the history of the kings of Israel that they need help understanding, ya know? Every part of the Bible is useful, but some of it is more tailored to different situations. Many Christians do simply skip the Old Testament completely, thinking that as long as they have Jesus they don't need to read a word of it, but I strongly disagree with that stance. I think all of it is beneficial.
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What about Revelation? I hear at least one Christian radio personality say that people should ignore that book.
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As others have pointed out, no regenerate Christian who adopts a linguistically and historically objective hermeneutic can disregard parts of the Bible.DarkProphet said:
It does not mean that this is right or should be done.DarkProphet said:
There definitely is way to much liberty taken when people attempt to interpret Revelation. It is very problematic and should be done with great care. But it does not mean that Revelation should be outright ignored.DarkProphet said:
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kevlite2020
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Right, that doesn't mean it's irrelevant. It just means some random guy thinks it's irrelevent. Here's my point. If you believe the Bible is inspired by God, and/or it's truthful, then every part of the Bible can be useful and every part can serve a purpose in different applications/conversations. Now if you want to argue whether the Bible is true or not, that's a different conversation for a different day, but if true, every bit of it is useful and has a purpose.
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That creates a problem in itself though because if EVERY bit is viewed as true then you must accept the parts of the Bible that are simply factually wrong and ignore reality, or come up with some convoluted excuse as to why that part exists.
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