2. The Authority Question: What does it mean to say the Bible has authority?
How can we more wisely understand and apply the Bible's authority in the future?
The Authority is of Scripture is that every single dot and dash, every word, every turn-of-phrase, every expression in the Original languages is the very Words of God (if you’re not aware of ancient manuscript studies – it is without any question that the Bible is THE best preserved ancient manuscript ever written, being protected by God Himself and it is at least 99.95% if not more absolutely correct in a Good English translation like the ESV (Elect Standard Version J) don’t buy paraphrases or application bibles as the very words themselves are raped of their meaning to change what the Bible actually says to what someone thinks the Bible should say – I’m surprised Heretic and Bible Rapist Extraordinaire Brian McLaren hasn’t written a Bible paraphrase yet.
To not follow or not believe Every single thing said is Scripture is to not follow or not believe God Himself, and therefore a sin. If this upsets you – I don’t care – it upsets God even more when we sin. If it humbles and grieves you that you don’t live up to God’s standards – great me to – and Jesus died to atone for our sins. So buck up and believe on Him, and His atoning work for your sure Salvation.
The very definition of Heretic Liberalism in Theology is expressed in 2 concepts that Brian and his flunkies bandy about – First, the Church must change or die. The truth is we are required to defend the faith once and for all delivered to the Saints (early church). If we change the Church, Methods of the Church or Message of the Church those are all sins that you will be held accountable for, possibly for eternity. We must always say it is Christ’s church not ours, so we wont do it our way but the way His word says to – Proclaim Repentance and the forgiveness of sins won by Christ to everyone – especially Brian McLaren, Baptize (even if we disagree on the degrees of Baptism denominationally), Preach the Word of God in when its popular and when its not popular and will bring you persecution, and teach All that the Lord commanded not just give money to the poor, not just liberate those in literal or theoretical prisons of their own making, but Limited atonement (John 10:11, John 6:37 - 47), Effectual Grace (John 6:37), Predestination, Election or being Chosen by God (John 15:16 & Matthew 24), Creation, the Fall, the Flood, Cain and Able, Jonah and the Big Fish (it doesn’t say whale – just letting you know). We must teach everything that Jesus taught not just our pet doctrines. Secondly, the Bible is full of errors or can be made to say whatever you want. It is not true that Bible is full or errors – the Bible however is full of things that you don’t want to hear: you’re a sinner, you did not assist in Salvation (except providing the sin that needed atoning), you are or were a slave to Sin, Satan, your fleshly desires, and this wicked world, God will reveal His wrath on all those who are not Saved by the blood of the Lamb, those whose names were not written in the Slain Lamb’s Book of Life before the foundation of the world, there is only 1 mediator between God and Man His name is the Christ Jesus, He is the only Way, the only Truth and the only Life all are Lost, Liars and Dead without Him. Also it is true that Heretics misuse, misapply or manipulate the Scriptures to say what they want and then they pass over the rest they don’t want you to know – that’s many American Churches today – I left one recently. A real Pastor however reduces or prevents this error by expounding verse by verse through books of the Bible. When your “pastor” writes the sermon he wants to give then goes looking for 1 out of context verse that kinda says that or that he can make say that – leave his self-help, pop-psychology group-hug he calls a church, repent, then find and join a Church. FYI - 99%of all Bible twisting or Bible raping can be found out by actually reading the whole chapter or sometimes couple of chapters that your “pastor” started in the middle of so he could steal the 1 half verse he wanted to manipulate. Be a Barean, see if the doctrines and theology he teaches cords with the Bible if it doesn’t call him to repentance, if he still won’t then leave.
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