Sentences with phrase «blinded by scripture»

Being blinded by scripture is a common theme in the scriptures.

I have absolutely never thought about the idea that «being blinded by Scripture is a common theme in the Scriptures»... Or that Scripture is actually self - deprecating.

The elders are not blinded by scripture, they are blind to scripture.

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Remember My favour unto thee and unto thy mother; how I strengthened thee with the holy Spirit, so that thou spakest unto mankind in the cradle as in maturity; and how I taught thee the Scripture and Wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and how thou didst shape of clay as it were the likeness of a bird by My permission, and didst blow upon it and it was a bird by My permission, and thou didst heal him who was born blind and the leper by My permission; and how thou didst raise the dead by My permission; and how I restrained the Children of Israel from (harming) thee when thou camest unto them with clear proofs, and those of them who disbelieved exclaimed: This is naught else than evident magic; (110) And when I inspired the disciples, (saying): Believe in Me and in My messenger, they said: We believe.

Are we in danger of blinding ourselves to the spirit of Christ in all things by restricting ourselves to our narrow understanding of scripture?