Bible on the brain

Posted by Christopher on Jul 7th, 2008
2008
Jul 7

During the latter part of last week as I was busy with my nose buried in multimedia development, I had a moment of pondering about the Holy Bible (Orthodox Christian) to break away from what was becoming a monotonous setting.  The thought(s) that crossed my often scatter-brained mind were of:

  1. believers that believe the Bible to have contradictions
  2. how some see the Bible as a non-sense work of fiction.

Focusing on believers that don’t believe the Bible to be the non-errant word of God, I find myself wondering how could this be?  I have some co-workers/friends that believe in God, but have issue with some things in the Bible that they view as contradictory.  Some of the topics of differing beliefs regarding the infallibility of the Bile circulate around; Paul’s word’s on marriage, how God can be both loving and "vengeful" and the the topic of election/predestination by God just to name a few.

It’s an odd proposition for me, to even consider that the Bible is not God’s infallible word.  I liken life and our pursuit of living Christ-like lives to being in school. In school the objective is to receive a graduated education regarding basic life skills, and in school you have a teacher.  The teacher presumably teaches with the aid of books; the books containing words which translate to knowledge when applied.  The knowledge and its application being tools that assist in navigating life.

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Now, having the Y Chromosome, I’m susceptible to not always reading or heeding  instructions verbatim.  This holds true especially when speaking of driving directions,"Just point in the general direction ‘mam, I’ve got Non-Star on board." or when challenged with assembly of anything made of Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF).  Electronics?!? Pfff!  Please, I don’t need no stinking instructions! 

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With regard to the Holy Bible though, I can only believe that God gave us His Word as part of the travel package, along with His Holy Spirit to guide us with respect to His standards for living holy.

Psalm 143:10
10 Teach me to do your will,
       for you are my God;
       may your good Spirit
       lead me on level ground.

Grace and peace be with you.