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