I do not care about the accusation of anybody according to how churches look or interpret the Bible. My concern is that the Bible has its own interpretation and understanding because the Bible is God-given, God-inspired. No human understanding is capable of grasping the real meaning of God’s word, no human mind will be able to understand the Bible. Psalms 94:11;
"The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity".
1 Corinthians 1:19;
"For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent".
So no matter how prudent a man may be, his understanding is nothing in relation to God’s word. Now how do we understand God’s word? We have to have an understanding that it is given by God and hence it is God alone that gives us the understanding, we can never understand the complete meaning of God’s words in the Bible. Proverbs 1:23;
"Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you”.
For us to know the word of God in the Bible, we need the Spirit from God. Why do we need God’s spirit? 1 Corinthians 2:10;
"But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God".
11- "For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God".
The true things of God can be understood by man through the intervention of God’s spirit. The approach that we are talking about, of churches, regarding the word of God in the Bible are human approach, they are misled by their wisdom. With their wisdom, they will not understand God’s word. 1 Corinthians 1:20;
"Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?"
21-"For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe".
Because of the wisdom of the world, they have not known God, human wisdom is a hindrance to understanding God’s will.
Whatever the approach that you are talking about may be, whether it is literal or spiritual approach of the Bible; if only human understanding is working, then there’s no way they can understand God’s word.
It is the spirit that interprets the Bible, not us. We understand God’s commandments, teachings and His holy will through the intervention of the spirit
Thank you very much for your continuous support 🙏
Let us open our hearts to the Holy Spirit when we are studying the Word of God
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