Scripture - 23 Aug 2008
Scripture is the mother of all theological sciences. Theology – break up the word. “Theo” means God, and “logy” means science of study. Put it together, and you get “Science of God!”
What is Bible experience?
1. Read – it goes into your head
2. Reflect – it goes into your heart.
3. React – the words challenge you
4. Recognize – why you feel the way you feel
5. Respond – repent/reaffirm
6. Resolve – an action that you take / a change of heart you have
If a murder occurs, in CSI, there’s evidence. Fingerprints, trails, bloodstains. They look for witnesses. Similarly, we have evidence of our relationship with God – feelings, our very existence, and the Bible.
When you get closer to someone, you become friends, and have a very intimate relationship (in terms of sharing with each other). When you really, really, REALLY like someone, you’ll always ask the person to go out with you. It’s the same for God, that’s what he wants our relationship with him to become. God invites us through the Word, to develop our friendship with him till it reaches that level.
Scripture is not secular history. There’s no physical evidence for it, it’s not a primary source of information. But, it is SALVATION HISTORY. It is the history of how the whole human race is going to be saved. That’s what makes it so importantly COOL. :)
The Bible, which is written by people with many knowledge of God, uses the language of relationship. It communicates experience. It’s unlike the language of science, where everything’s linear, factual and can be verified.
You may ask, “How can we trust the Bible? Things don’t make sense in it.” The language of relationship used explains this – people who wrote the books of the Bible were so excited about spreading God’s Word that they exaggerate, but in context. They so badly want to communicate the love of God, that the events that happened may not seem to be logical. Focus on the RELATIONSHIP that the Bible shows to us, not the nitty gritty details of it.
Fun fact for the day:
There are 173 books in the Bible, including the Deuterocanonicals! :D
What is Bible experience?
1. Read – it goes into your head
2. Reflect – it goes into your heart.
3. React – the words challenge you
4. Recognize – why you feel the way you feel
5. Respond – repent/reaffirm
6. Resolve – an action that you take / a change of heart you have
If a murder occurs, in CSI, there’s evidence. Fingerprints, trails, bloodstains. They look for witnesses. Similarly, we have evidence of our relationship with God – feelings, our very existence, and the Bible.
When you get closer to someone, you become friends, and have a very intimate relationship (in terms of sharing with each other). When you really, really, REALLY like someone, you’ll always ask the person to go out with you. It’s the same for God, that’s what he wants our relationship with him to become. God invites us through the Word, to develop our friendship with him till it reaches that level.
Scripture is not secular history. There’s no physical evidence for it, it’s not a primary source of information. But, it is SALVATION HISTORY. It is the history of how the whole human race is going to be saved. That’s what makes it so importantly COOL. :)
The Bible, which is written by people with many knowledge of God, uses the language of relationship. It communicates experience. It’s unlike the language of science, where everything’s linear, factual and can be verified.
You may ask, “How can we trust the Bible? Things don’t make sense in it.” The language of relationship used explains this – people who wrote the books of the Bible were so excited about spreading God’s Word that they exaggerate, but in context. They so badly want to communicate the love of God, that the events that happened may not seem to be logical. Focus on the RELATIONSHIP that the Bible shows to us, not the nitty gritty details of it.
Fun fact for the day:
There are 173 books in the Bible, including the Deuterocanonicals! :D
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