When the text leaves the author ...
When the text leaves the author ...
Have you ever, like me, wondered why there could be so many different interpretations to an identical passage in the Bible? Why is it that some people could take certain words in Scripture to the extreme and read them differently from us - or is it we from them? Why is it that people perceive the same matter differently?
During class on Tuesday, my lecturer made some comments which caught my attention, "When the text leaves the author (or Author, as in God), we get all sort of different interpretations."
Isn't it true? If we ever get a chance to sit down with any author and read the book they wrote with them at our side, we would definitely get 100% of what they meant when they wrote the words they did.
The same goes for the Bible. If we invite the Author to come alongside us to illumine our minds, our eyes, our ears, our hearts and our spirits as we read, we will definitely be able to grasp what He intends for us to learn and know through the particular passage. John 16:13 "But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come."
Well, we may still get different perspectives concerning the same thing, but the principles of application shouldn't vary that greatly ...
Have you ever, like me, wondered why there could be so many different interpretations to an identical passage in the Bible? Why is it that some people could take certain words in Scripture to the extreme and read them differently from us - or is it we from them? Why is it that people perceive the same matter differently?
During class on Tuesday, my lecturer made some comments which caught my attention, "When the text leaves the author (or Author, as in God), we get all sort of different interpretations."
Isn't it true? If we ever get a chance to sit down with any author and read the book they wrote with them at our side, we would definitely get 100% of what they meant when they wrote the words they did.
The same goes for the Bible. If we invite the Author to come alongside us to illumine our minds, our eyes, our ears, our hearts and our spirits as we read, we will definitely be able to grasp what He intends for us to learn and know through the particular passage. John 16:13 "But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come."
Well, we may still get different perspectives concerning the same thing, but the principles of application shouldn't vary that greatly ...
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