Isaiah 28 - Do Your Church Teach Bible Line Upon Line, Chapter By Chapter?

[tango]

And like Apostle Paul said 1 Corinthians 1 that we all in Christ should be speaking the same thing. That certainly does not mean it's OK for each to have a different opinion about the true interpretation of God's Word. There is only one True interpretation of God's Word, and it is per what God determines. Let me explain further...

I think you're missing what "speaking the same thing" means here. We need to be united on what is important but there's a big difference between unity and uniformity. We can't be "speaking the same thing" if we are allowed to have different opinions on music style, on how often to take communion, on which way to vote and so on. There clearly is room for difference, just not in matters of theological importance.

We are to allow God's Word to interpret God's Word, the example being two or more witnesses to establish every word. So those who introduce a foreign idea into the reading of The Bible, which has no Biblical witness, or that flat denies a Scripture as written, reveals the devil's working. What can we do then? This is where the Great Equalizer steps in, The Holy Spirit. The Word of God was written via The Holy Spirit, and He is required in order for us to properly understand His Word. Age of Reason type thinking is only useful up to a point. This is why many brethren never progress to the "strong meat" of God's Word. They are kept on the "milk" of God's Word, trusting in their Church organization or some man's opinion.

... and what you're describing here allows cults to flourish. Take a few people (many more than the "two or three" mentioned in Scripture) who all agree on some aberrant interpretation of Scripture, insist that "by the mouths of two or three shall the matter be established" and conclude that the matter is established. For bonus points make grandiose claims about spiritual insights denied to the lesser members of the congregation and demand that people fall in behind you.

If that means those are small matters, then it shouldn't be something that 'creates' a division in the Body of Christ. Yet that's exactly what those kind of small matters have done throughout Christian history.

It shouldn't create the division that it does, but that's nothing to do with line-by-line Bible study.

I wouldn't be so quick to pass line upon line Bible study off, because that is the method which God is recommending in that Isaiah 28 Chapter. He is simply using the mocking words of those leaders at Jerusalem against themselves, as they are complaining that His Word must be, precept upon precept, line upon line, here a little and there a little, as if they were like little children.

I'm not passing it off, I'm saying it's not the only valid way of doing it. Line by line has the potential to focus on what's right here and miss the cross-references.

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[SetFree]

I think you're missing what "speaking the same thing" means here. We need to be united on what is important but there's a big difference between unity and uniformity. We can't be "speaking the same thing" if we are allowed to have different opinions on music style, on how often to take communion, on which way to vote and so on. There clearly is room for difference, just not in matters of theological importance.

Nah... I'm not missing what Paul means. Many in Church organizations determine what 'they' think is important for the congregation all the time, and at times it has nothing to do with keeping God's Word as written. I won't mention the particular ancient Christian denomination that is worse at doing that, but I could easily give examples. So the subject still is, and has been, what God says in His Word, precept upon precept, line upon line, here a little and there a little, like He said in Isaiah 28.

 

[tango]

Nah... I'm not missing what Paul means. Many in Church organizations determine what 'they' think is important for the congregation all the time, and at times it has nothing to do with keeping God's Word as written. I won't mention the particular ancient Christian denomination that is worse at doing that, but I could easily give examples. So the subject still is, and has been, what God says in His Word, precept upon precept, line upon line, here a little and there a little, like He said in Isaiah 28.

Awesome. Can't beat a simple "nah" in response to an assertion. Good job.