What the Bible doesn't say?

[Salty]

From post 26 of this link:

I agree it can definitely go to far. Some are more oriented toward a brisk disagreement than others.

I sometimes wonder why the Holy Spirit omitted the details of that brisk disagreement between Paul and Barnabas.

Good question - Why isn't the Bible more clear on some issues
Baptism:
1) Acts 2:38 can be said that Baptism regeneration is proper
2) Is pouring or sprinkling acceptable - or is immersion the only way
3) If a person cannot be immersion - then what?
Tongues: I Cor 14 gives the 3 rules for the gift of tongues - so it must be okay - if that gift only was to end ....?
Divorce: I Tim 3 says the husband of one wife - does that mean polygamy or divorce --- or both? Should the Bible be more clear
a cappella: Some believe if the Bible does not command - then we should not do so: does that mean no musical instrument?
and of course A vs C! (enoght said)
(what other doctrines can you think)

So why isn't the Bible more clear on these issues

 

[Salty]

Wow 99 views - but not replies - very interesting!

 

[kyredneck]

What the Bible doesn't say?​

Justification by faith alone.

 

[Charlie24]

From post 26 of this link:


Good question - Why isn't the Bible more clear on some issues
Baptism:
1) Acts 2:38 can be said that Baptism regeneration is proper
2) Is pouring or sprinkling acceptable - or is immersion the only way
3) If a person cannot be immersion - then what?
Tongues: I Cor 14 gives the 3 rules for the gift of tongues - so it must be okay - if that gift only was to end ....?
Divorce: I Tim 3 says the husband of one wife - does that mean polygamy or divorce --- or both? Should the Bible be more clear
a cappella: Some believe if the Bible does not command - then we should not do so: does that mean no musical instrument?
and of course A vs C! (enoght said)
(what other doctrines can you think)

So why isn't the Bible more clear on these issues

Thank God correct doctrine is not what He requires for eternal life. None of us would make it if that were the case.

But yet we all can't even agree on how to be saved.

I believe the answer to all your questions here are found in the Scripture, I'm certainly not saying that I have all the correct answers.

But the one I'm most concerned with and have spent my adult life confirming in heart and soul is my salvation.

I believe everything as far as doctrine will fall in place once that critical decision is made.

 

[Charlie24]

Thank God correct doctrine is not what He requires for eternal life. None of us would make it if that were the case.

But yet we all can't even agree on how to be saved.

I believe the answer to all your questions here are found in the Scripture, I'm certainly not saying that I have all the correct answers.

But the one I'm most concerned with and have spent my adult life confirming in heart and soul is my salvation.

I believe everything as far as doctrine will fall in place once that critical decision is made.

When I say "we can't agree" I mean the members as a whole here on the forum.

 

[Salty]

Wanted to point out that I am not asking for answer to these questions only - rather just a sample of how Christians disagree on dozens of issues.

 

[Charlie24]

Wanted to point out that I am not asking for answer to these questions only - rather just a sample of how Christians disagree on dozens of issues.

The Holy Spirit is supposed to be our Teacher, I think we can learn God's word in several ways, but He is the One who confirms truth.

Rom. 8:16

"The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:"

Prov. 1:23

"Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you."

The Spirit will make know to the believer and confirm the truth, but the Holy Spirit is not the Teacher of all who make the claim.

 

[NSH]

From post 26 of this link:


Good question - Why isn't the Bible more clear on some issues
Baptism:
1) Acts 2:38 can be said that Baptism regeneration is proper
2) Is pouring or sprinkling acceptable - or is immersion the only way
3) If a person cannot be immersion - then what?
Tongues: I Cor 14 gives the 3 rules for the gift of tongues - so it must be okay - if that gift only was to end ....?
Divorce: I Tim 3 says the husband of one wife - does that mean polygamy or divorce --- or both? Should the Bible be more clear
a cappella: Some believe if the Bible does not command - then we should not do so: does that mean no musical instrument?
and of course A vs C! (enoght said)
(what other doctrines can you think)

So why isn't the Bible more clear on these issues

At the core of God's will for the earth, the spirit of God is mostly concerned with spreading the faith in Jesus, because it is by that faith that we are saved. The Spirit of God has not shown Himself in the scriptures to be very concerned with picking / verifying human doctrines and cultural norms, because these things shift through time and have more do with with the mental aspects of life than of the super-natural and the Spiritual.

The Bible is a collection of writings that were inspired for specific purposes. This is the reason that as a whole, the collection is not a de-facto rulebook for life. Of course, it guides and protects us, but it does that by bringing us to living faith in the Lord, not in a prescribed method for life (in terms of laws), it's a path to living with God, not for deciding the outcomes of various issues on earth.

Then there is also the issue of interpretation. I think the psalms clearly encourage us to use instruments in many places. But not everyone interprets the texts in the same way. So the various divisions I see have more to do with specific interpretations that include or leave out something in order to create a specific hard rule.