The Absolute Word of God.

              The Absolute Word of God.

I was listening to a you tube clip with Mike Parsons (dated a year ago and titled Unconditional Love 6), who said the bible isn’t the infallible word of God, that it’s written by men with their own values and perceptions.

That’s not what I’ve been taught and so I respectfully disagree. Yes, a man's perceptions and values are coloured by where they were raised and what they've been through but the bible is the infallible word of God, who is clever enough to work within the bounds of man's upbringing. 

John 17:17 reads; “Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.” That means if you want to know the truth you go to the word of God. You certainly don’t direct people into thinking not every word is God inspired. You certainly don’t direct people to head elsewhere for their information.

If we move out of step with the bible, we walk away from the moral compass of this world and once you begin to change ithe word and move away from it, what else is there? This book must be kept pure, for it is the amplitude which keeps the truth of the word alive and unchanged. You can’t change it to suit yourself.

Yes, I will agree with Parsons on the issue that other peoples work can be God inspired, but we must never budge from the True and Living Word of the Bible. This is God’s word and we must never change it to suit our own experiences.

I listened to part of this clip yesterday and turned it off at this point. Mike Parsons has some good teaching and even as Christians, we can't agree on every aspect, so I won't throw the baby out with the bathwater. 

My bible reading this morning, just happened to be on John 17:17 - the truth of His word. The bible also tells us, we will know them by their fruit. As this man is pushing something unbiblical, I will no longer listen to him – his fruit has an element of rot in it.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 reads; All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correctness, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Timothy's writing implies infallibility. Timothy states man will be thoroughly equipped, revealing the guidance of God’s truth. God’s word cannot be in error, for God Himself never errs. One could say an implication is not an absolute. I beg to differ on the matter and that’s because God never errs.

Parson’s states that the bible is not ‘all scripture,’ only elements of it are.

The Greek meaning of the word scripture is; a writing, something that is written.

The Hebrew meaning of the word scripture is a little more complex, but breaking it down it means that which is read. In early biblical days, only the wealthy were taught to read and because not everyone could read biblical texts were often read to the people.

The Latin form of the word scripture means a sacred writing, or a holy book.

So you see, you  can't pull out elements. You cannot take matters into your own hands for everything is related; wind makes waves, waves cause motion in water, air too, causes a motion of sand. You cannot add your own connotations or definitions, for then you change the undertones. 

The bible is either the word of God or it isn’t. I for one, believe it’s the former of the two. I hope you do as well.