“For the time when ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God…” Hebrews 5:12
Is it any wonder that churches are unsettled? Any wonder that Christians lack confidence in their Bibles? Any wonder, when teachers of the Bible do not have a clear understanding of and belief in the inspiration of the Bible?
Commenting on Acts 25:13, Richard Longenecker (Acts, p. 343) writes, “Undoubtedly, Luke had no direct knowledge of what was said in private between a Roman governor and the king of a neighboring principality.” Were this an introduction to revealing that Luke would not know this, but knew this because God knew and inspired Luke to write it down – it would serve to strengthen believers. However, it was instead an introduction to how “the gist of what was discussed would certainly have been evident from their resultant actions.” This suggests not divine inspiration, but rather that Luke figured it out due to a logical deduction. Too many of our modern commentaries are filled with such implications, suggesting that the Scriptures are the work of human skill instead of divine revelation.
3 comments:
Unbelief costs less than belief in God's words in the present. Belief costs less in the long run. These folks who downplay that God acts as God have entered into very unprofitable transactions. Eventually there will be a price to pay. Too high a price.
Thank you for pointing out this blatant unbelief. It's a shame there are so many unbelievers promoting unbelief among God's people. Perilous times indeed!
E. T. Chapman
As I have gone through the book of Acts and viewed lots of commentaries, I have realized that many of the "conservative" people just do not share my beliefs about the inspiration and authority. And this is especially when they are also capable of making very insightful comments as well.
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As I have gone through the book of Acts and viewed lots of commentaries, I have realized that many of the "conservative" people just do not share my beliefs about the inspiration and authority of the Bible. And this is especially sad when they otherwise are also capable of making some very insightful comments.
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