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Are you describing people you meet, or people on this message board? <grin>

If you can't reach them, then "coming down hard" on them is only driving them further away.

Don't "come down" on anyone; don't try to convince, persuade, or argue; just preach the Word and let God work.

 

A lot of us get quite hung up on terms like inerrant and infallible.

Inerrancy is an important issue, but it isn't the most important word about Scripture.

How about truthful, reliable, authoritative, the normative guide for our churches and our lives.

 

Take this passage from Genesis:

Genesis 29
11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother...

Do you really think it happened in that order? Don't you think he must have told her he was her relative before kissing her?

 

Not necessarily.

HankD

 

Bible errors:

There is no such thing as a "Bible error".

Scribal error - Yes.
Bible error - No.

Misunderstanding - yes, in all probability

HankD

 

Many people assert that the Bible, in the original autographs, was inerrant. Although some errors might have been introduced in transmission, and certainly in translation, it remains trustworthy and reliable.

The godless left has taken the Bible out of public education (despite our Constitutional right) and instead teach godless origins. A warm swamp here, a lightning strike there, and viola, life from non-life. The only solution is vouchers were we can put our kids in schools that do not bash God.

Unless we till the ground, prepare the person, we cannot expect them to reject what they were taught in their formative years.

 

Agreed.
And yes - Been there done that (to quote a cliche) howbeit several decades back in my youth.

Never have been a "preacher".
Teacher - yes, preacher - no.

I now have several more tools other than just my school boy days Greek and Hebrew grammars, lexicons, etc several other grammars - when I can find them (and a complete Kittlel's Dictionary of the NT).

Now, if and when there are variants, methodology differences rarely used "Elizabethan" KJV English, I like to quote different versions ... the NKJV says..., the ASV uses..., the NIV says...etc, Young's Literal, etc where applicable.

At least they have the title "the Holy Bible" on them and not my name.

The three most used bibles in the local church I attend and teach (seniors): NIV (in the pews), NKJV, KJV in that order.

This I only due rarely as I agree, - why raise an unnecessary area of concern.

e.g.
KJV Hebrews 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

RSV Hebrews 1:1 In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets;

NIV Hebrews 1:1 In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,

Here is an interesting on:
Douay-Rheims English Catholic Bible (Rheims, AD1582):

Hebrews 1:1 God, who, at sundry times and in divers manners, spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets, last of all,

Unrelated side issue:
Notice the similarity with the Rheims and the 1611/1769 KJV?

HankD

 

(shakes head)

The reason I wrote "<grin>" was to indicate an attempt at a humorous statement. So please re-read my first statement with that in mind.

And I reiterate my point: you indicated they wouldn't listen, that they were set in their own minds. There is no discussing with such, no arguing, no persuading.

"Avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. A man that is a heretic after the first and second admonition reject; knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself."

There's no need to "come down" on anyone; God will take care of that Himself.

 

Oh, it's apparent that you do treat others this way. It's an unbiblical way for you to treat the lost, and is in no way how Scripture teaches us to treat those who oppose us.

 

I don't care what TWOTM says, I care about what the Scriptures say.

Your mishandling of the lost (NOT self-righteous Pharisees) will be handled at the judgment. There is no SCRIPTURAL support for the way you handle the LOST. The fact is, you don't know who are the lost, who are not His sheep, who are and who are not the elect.

Jesus dealt with the self-righteous who thought they were right with God. Completely different audience than those you are rebuking 'with law'. You're a loose cannon, completely out of control.

 

Who did you run into and talk with? Andy Stanley????

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The evil one believes in an infallible Bible and it does him no good.

In a fundamental way, you are not sent by Christ to the world to have them believe in an infallible Bible. You are there to proclaim the Kingdom and demonstrate the love and power of Jesus.

If there is a serious question about the scriptures where you can be helpful, by all means provide assistance. But most discussions of the Bible in witnessing encounters are a way to shift the conversation away from the issue at hand. Just as the woman at the well (John 4) tried to shift the conversation to the proper place of worship.

If you haven't already, you may need to think your witnessing method.

Of course you can't. You are not responsible for reaching them. You are a witness. Just make sure you are witnessing Jesus to them, not an argument for an infallible Bible or a Way of the Master presentation.

The Spirit will do His work if we are faithful... and often when we are not.

 

This might offer some explanation on how that works:


At any rate, explanations or not, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.