e.g. Matt 5: 27 - 28 is a single attestation found nowhere
else in the scriptures.
Still a non-negotiable truth is still non-negotiable if it is clearly taught somewhere
else in Scripture.
Matt 13: 38 as per many contemporary NT scholars is a single attestation found no where
else in scripture and therefore historically unreliable.
If you're going to hang your doctrinal hat on Enoch's experience alone, ignoring everything
else in scripture you're going to wind up in error.
If «using Christ against the Scriptures» is simply selectively extracting quotes of Jesus to negate anything
else in scripture that someone disagrees with, then really it's just subjective picking and choosing, making it up as you go along.
This form of evangelism is not mentioned anywhere
else in scripture.
One reason for this conclusion is that it appears no where
else in the scriptures.
Not exact matches
Hebrews outlines a version of the atonement that exists nowhere
else in NT
scripture — namely from Jesus» own teachings.
By the evidence of the
scripture (if you were to actually study it instead of making broad assumptions about it based on what you read somewhere
else) God set this earth
in motion.
In this way, Scripture seems to precede the Church, and the Church seems to be constituted in response to the revelation of the Son of God, a revelation who was seen as the Son of God and not as anyone else because he was according to the Scripture
In this way,
Scripture seems to precede the Church, and the Church seems to be constituted
in response to the revelation of the Son of God, a revelation who was seen as the Son of God and not as anyone else because he was according to the Scripture
in response to the revelation of the Son of God, a revelation who was seen as the Son of God and not as anyone
else because he was according to the
Scriptures.
First Scot, by «what
scripture actually teaches» it's important for us to keep
in mind that what it teaches you is quite often different from what it teaches someone
else.
Though this is the most common view of these chapters, there are numerous clues left by the text itself, by the surrounding context, and by other passages
in Scripture which indicate that something
else is going on
in the flood account.
Is there a contradiction
in Scripture, or is something
else going on
in one (or both) of these passages?
On the other hand, it gave a basic signpost on the way: the great truths taught
in scripture are indeed the way of salvation, and those entrusted with the teaching office
in the church have no right to use that office to teach anything
else.»
She knows the heart of God more than anyone
else I know, and so while she may not know all the logical arguments or
Scripture passages for various theological views, she senses rightness and wrongness
in various theological positions.
At the same time,
in spite of 2 Timothy 3:16's proclamation that «All
Scripture is God - breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training
in righteousness...», many Christians let alone anyone
else sometimes wonder if it might be best to archive large chunks of it
in a filing cabinet labelled «no longer relevant»
is a single attestation appearing no where
else in the gospels or related
scriptures and therefore is inauthentic.
Augustine said: «Such is the depth of the
Scriptures that if I were attempting to study them and nothing
else from boyhood to decrepit old age, with the utmost leisure, the most unwearied zeal, and talents greater than I have, I would still daily be making progress
in discovering their treasures.»
In class, we were taught to use books for exegetical papers, diagrammatical analysis, word studies, and everything
else related to learning these languages and using them to study
Scripture.
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.
Please don't listen to these people on here they have so many different views and ideas of their own but don't listen to them they have closed their heart to God and are doing Satans work of misleading people away from the Almighty they look for men who like to have their ears tickled so don't take mine our anyone
else's word for it look it up for your self history attests to the bible as true and The writings of Moses is far older than anything they have ever found thats right Moses wrote the first parts
in the bible 3,500 years ago The
scriptures weren't inspired by Pagan stories Pagan stories was inspired by actual events just like those
in the bible because if you notice that a lot of the stories found
in the bible have a lot to do about people worshipping false Gods.
A more sophisticated screening of
Scripture is carried out by others who claim that we must look
in Scripture for the «locus classicus» of a Biblical doctrine and concentrate on its teaching, interpreting all
else in light of its truth.
Instead, I am referring to the type of Christian which has always been present
in the church, some of whom might be Catholic, and some Protestant, who seem to think that their way of reading
Scripture is the only right way, and that everybody
else is simply ignorant or a heretic.
My reflections arose, as I have indicated,
in part from formative books and teachers, but they also grew out of grappling with
Scripture (one of the lightning bolts here was the simple but profound insight of realizing once again the ineradicable connection of form and content — for instance, what is said
in a parable can not be said
in any other way), and with the complex business, endemic to academic theologians, of, as Kierkegaard would put it, becoming a Christian (not
in general or for someone
else but
in particular and for me).
Remember, whenever we see the word «baptism»
in Scripture, we must not immediately think about dunking somebody under water, but must first remember what the word means, namely, «to be immersed, overcome, or fully identified with» something or somebody
else.
While it is true that to love your neighbor is very important, remember, love is a «fruit of the spirit», Galatians 5:22 — 23, consider what
else the
scriptures teach: Matthew 7:22 — 23 (22) «Many will say to me
in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied
in thy name?
Turning back to
Scripture gives us the opportunity to ask ourselves: Am I getting invested
in a particular issue because I have a Scriptural imperative to do so, or am I motivated by something
else?
A few years ago,
in a moment of lonely desperation, I googled something having to do with «Christians against biblical inerrancy» (for some reason you were on the first or second page of search results...) because I was trying to find out if there was anyone
else who was thinking about the
Scriptures in a different way from what I had encountered.
Raised a Protestant, despite all my thrashing and twisting I eventually couldn't help but believe that the apostolic succession, through Peter as the designated leader and primus inter pares, is
in some logical or theological sense prior to everything
else — including even
Scripture, whose formation was guided and completed by the apostles and their successors, themselves inspired by the Holy Spirit.
There is huge benefit and blessing to following the commands and instructions of God
in Scripture (or
else why would He give them?).
Scholars now recognize Calvin as above all
else a teacher who sought to open the Word of God
in scripture to the common people from whom, Calvin claimed, the Bible had been withheld by the scholastics, monks and priests of the Roman church.
As a result, we sometimes (I am speaking of me here) get so wrapped up
in Scripture study, that we neglect the more important things
in life, such as family, the poor and needy
in our community, serving others
in love, taking care of orphans and widows, and pretty much everything
else that Jesus focused on
in His ministry.
I see no evidence
in the Bible that anyone came to Christ because someone
else was the model you suggest with
scripture.
God has revealed himself either
in the pages of Holy
Scripture or
in the events which the Bible records; nothing
else is needed and anything
else diminishes or denies the unique adequacy of biblical revelation.
For, as with everything
else in the Hebrew
Scriptures, such thinking has an extra dimension, the omni - relevant fact of God.
What Genesis 4:8 teaches us about God, ourselves,
Scripture, history, politics, economics, and pretty much everything
else in life.
There is a question missing that should be right at the top, for everything
else emanates from the answer: What if the church would start to preach and teach the unpolluted
Scriptures in their true and accurate contexts, instead of the philosophized version that the world at large has labeled man - made religious myths?
I don't know what
else to say but that she has gone off the deep end on this one, the way that she presents her position
in this article as being supported by history, and
scripture is almost offensive.
In this light, I suggest we should read
Scripture always asking, where
else might we find that God is revealed not by how he appears on the surface, but by what faith can discern as we look past the surface to discern God humbly stooping to bear the sin of his people?