From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!dyl Newsgroups: net.religion Title: Some complain that the Bible is ambiguous and unclear. Why? Article-I.D.: floyd.1295 Posted: Sun Mar 13 21:37:31 1983 Received: Mon Mar 14 03:12:55 1983 God has shown me several reasons why the Bible is not written to the liking of some of us. But first let me point out that the Bible has been the best seller since the printing press was invented and for no other reason except that God is the author. The popularity of the Bible should be judged like a king - the size of his kingdom. So the dislike of a few people is highly insignificant. 1) God uses his people to bear witness for him because it is mankind's salvation. Which man has hung around long enough to finish the whole book? The Bible is in overlays. To get the entire picture of one subject, all the overlays have to be in place. 2) Let no man can boast. If everybody can understand the Bible in one pass, then we can boast that we can learn about God ourselves. But now, we can only claim that God has chosen to reveal to us only those things that he pleases. Praise God! Not only are we dependent on God for understanding of the Bible, we also are dependent on our brothers and sisters. 3) The Bible is written in our hearts. The printed Bible is the written word of God. But when God quicken certain words to us, those words become the living words - specific words for specific situation for specific person. The living words are written in our hearts. If out hearts are illiterate, we would not be able to understand all the written words. floyd!dyl