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Education involving the Scriptures is different than secular education. In secular education we learn to formulate our own opinions. One’s opinion on a matter may be different than another’s, depending on their background and upbringing.
Education involving the Scriptures is different. One’s opinion on sections of the Scriptures is non-existent for all intents and purposes. That’s because an understanding of the scriptures is based on faith instead of an interpretation.
What is faith? Hebrews 11:1 tells us that “faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” The Bible gives us all the assurance we need because its words come from God. There is no ambiguity in the Bible when taken as a whole. The answers are found in the sum of the parts; you need only put the parts together. Our reasoning doesn’t matter: the only reasoning comes from God when He chooses to do so, as He’s done in Isaiah 1:18. Anything said by God is final. Anything said by God through Christ is final in terms of how we should conduct ourselves.
The conviction part of Hebrews 11:1 tells us that we believe whatever God tells us whether it be Him, Christ or the Holy Spirit. To explain what He means is needless when you know what is in the Bible. It is also risky, when you consider Revelation 22:18-19 I which says to “warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.” If you try to explain God, you risk adding to, or taking away from, what He says.
If someone tells you that God said this, or Jesus said that, he better be telling the truth for his own sake. If someone holds themselves out as knowing what God means, without an absolute reference to Passages in the Bible, it is best to get another clergyman.
What might the old TV show ‘Reading Rainbow’ have to do with all this? Many people were young enough to have watched the show, hosted by LeVar Burton. It was a show that was focused on things found in explanatory books. The books used in the show were secular in nature, so one is free to form an opinion on the relevance or any other attribute or indicator of what books are on the show. There is no sin in forming your own conclusions about what the books present, or in adding to or subtracting from what is in those books. The books were on things and ideas that had nothing to do with a direct understanding of what God wants from us, although it is not inconceivable that whatever went on in the show is a reflection of God wanting us to avail ourselves of how He made us and the works we are to perform for him that we may be fruitful toward mankind.
The purpose of ‘Reading Rainbow’ was to promote a love for books. There were a lot of subjects covered on that show, from animals, to the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Was there ever a ‘Reading Rainbow’ show that covered the subject of God and the Bible? Mr. Burton had significant exposure to the Christian faith, having gone to a seminary when he was young.
Why would he not showcase the Bible on ‘Reading Rainbow?’ One possibility that comes to mind is that in light of Passages above, he might have been weary of accidentally adding to or taking anything away from the Bible, as alluded to in Revelation 22:18-19. Another possibility is that the show covered secular topics which encourage drawing our own conclusions, so to discuss the Bible in such an environment would be contrary to us forming our own conclusions. The Bible is cut-and-dry. Everything in the Bible is absolute with no room for forming one’s own opinion.
The Bible is a book based on faith. In terms of the truth, that faith is the truth in and of itself. The secular truth, on the other hand, requires reasoning and an understanding of the natural world. That is open to a lot of interpretation and a forming of our own opinions, something in which ‘Reading Rainbow’ provided the background.
Education involving the Scriptures is different. One’s opinion on sections of the Scriptures is non-existent for all intents and purposes. That’s because an understanding of the scriptures is based on faith instead of an interpretation.
What is faith? Hebrews 11:1 tells us that “faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” The Bible gives us all the assurance we need because its words come from God. There is no ambiguity in the Bible when taken as a whole. The answers are found in the sum of the parts; you need only put the parts together. Our reasoning doesn’t matter: the only reasoning comes from God when He chooses to do so, as He’s done in Isaiah 1:18. Anything said by God is final. Anything said by God through Christ is final in terms of how we should conduct ourselves.
The conviction part of Hebrews 11:1 tells us that we believe whatever God tells us whether it be Him, Christ or the Holy Spirit. To explain what He means is needless when you know what is in the Bible. It is also risky, when you consider Revelation 22:18-19 I which says to “warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.” If you try to explain God, you risk adding to, or taking away from, what He says.
If someone tells you that God said this, or Jesus said that, he better be telling the truth for his own sake. If someone holds themselves out as knowing what God means, without an absolute reference to Passages in the Bible, it is best to get another clergyman.
What might the old TV show ‘Reading Rainbow’ have to do with all this? Many people were young enough to have watched the show, hosted by LeVar Burton. It was a show that was focused on things found in explanatory books. The books used in the show were secular in nature, so one is free to form an opinion on the relevance or any other attribute or indicator of what books are on the show. There is no sin in forming your own conclusions about what the books present, or in adding to or subtracting from what is in those books. The books were on things and ideas that had nothing to do with a direct understanding of what God wants from us, although it is not inconceivable that whatever went on in the show is a reflection of God wanting us to avail ourselves of how He made us and the works we are to perform for him that we may be fruitful toward mankind.
The purpose of ‘Reading Rainbow’ was to promote a love for books. There were a lot of subjects covered on that show, from animals, to the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Was there ever a ‘Reading Rainbow’ show that covered the subject of God and the Bible? Mr. Burton had significant exposure to the Christian faith, having gone to a seminary when he was young.
Why would he not showcase the Bible on ‘Reading Rainbow?’ One possibility that comes to mind is that in light of Passages above, he might have been weary of accidentally adding to or taking anything away from the Bible, as alluded to in Revelation 22:18-19. Another possibility is that the show covered secular topics which encourage drawing our own conclusions, so to discuss the Bible in such an environment would be contrary to us forming our own conclusions. The Bible is cut-and-dry. Everything in the Bible is absolute with no room for forming one’s own opinion.
The Bible is a book based on faith. In terms of the truth, that faith is the truth in and of itself. The secular truth, on the other hand, requires reasoning and an understanding of the natural world. That is open to a lot of interpretation and a forming of our own opinions, something in which ‘Reading Rainbow’ provided the background.
