It is, moreover, easy to be mistaken, on a superficial reading, about
the true meaning of passages which may strike us as congenial.
The beginning of this Gospel (3:13 - 17) with the certainty of John's witness reveals
the true meaning of this passage.
Not exact matches
If two apparently contradictory
passages are both
true in the higher understanding, this
means that at least one
of them doesn't
mean what it says, which
means it is
true (in the higher understanding) precisely because it is false (in the literal sense).
Of course the true sign that is given all Christians is Christ's death and resurrection, and so we must say that Matthew has in a sense rightly interpreted the full meaning of Jesus» words, but in such a way as to make it harder to get at the original sense of the passag
Of course the
true sign that is given all Christians is Christ's death and resurrection, and so we must say that Matthew has in a sense rightly interpreted the full
meaning of Jesus» words, but in such a way as to make it harder to get at the original sense of the passag
of Jesus» words, but in such a way as to make it harder to get at the original sense
of the passag
of the
passage.
Baptists and evangelicals believe that this Greek word has two principle English translations, and that the context
of the Bible
passage determines which
meaning should be translated into English as the
true Word
of God.
Calvin was confident that the
true meaning of even the most difficult scriptural
passages would emerge from contextual reading.
Jeremy a great job
of blowing the dust off these
passages and revealing their
true meaning, which is often hidden by those with an agenda
of trying to make believers fear that they will loose eternity with Christ if they don't try harders through works or their obedience to following the law.