Posted on 10/24/2018 1:55:33 PM PDT by pcottraux
I’m sorry, but your premise, if I’m understanding it correctly, doesn’t make any sense. Your proposing that Spirit-inspired scripture, by definition, has no historical reason for being written? Why can’t it be both?
Can’t scripture be God-inspired, AND have a historical context? Studying the scripture strongly indicates Luke wrote Acts, an orderly account of the past 30 years of Christian history, to Theophilus, a Roman official, with the express purpose of legitimizing Christianity to the Roman government in the face of the impending Neronic persecution.
But how does that contradict divine inspiration? How do you know the Holy Spirit didn’t move on Theophilus to request the acccount, then whisper what to write to Luke?
1) because why would you read/learn from a letter written for historical reasons to someone other then modern day Christians? If it’s just the observations and musings of a man, why is it special?
2) Creeds and Confessions of Christianity over 1900 years have proclaimed the Spirit led formation of the scriptures.
I am betting on #2. You can have #1.
I never said it was *just* the observations and musings of man. It can be both, can’t it? You still haven’t established your premise. Why is it not possible for Acts to be both a historical document (which it obviously is) AND a creed and confession of Christianity?
This extremist either-or mentality makes absolutely no sense.
To, uh...learn about ancient Christianity? Or about daily life in the Roman empire? How the Christian church was formed? The fact that it wasn't written to modern day Christians (although it still remains a timeless book, so it kinda was) doesn't register to me as a reason not to read it or learn from it.
you were the one stating WHY the book was written, and leaving OUT the fact of divine inspiration.
When you are caught with scripture and creeds to indicate different you want to change it to both.
There is a lot of bad teaching out there.
The Bible is the divine, inspired word of God, pass to us through the agency of men. Period.
Thanks for the kind words as usual, unlearner.
Your comment about how God often uses something for His kingdom in unexpected ways is a great practical example and application of the overall theme of your series.
True...to be quite honest, none of the Early Church apostles would live to see the fruits of their labor. While Christianity had certainly grown and there were churches in almost every city of the Roman empire, it was still a persecuted minority at 100 AD. The next century or so after that would see the "Christian supernova" as the movement exploded into the largest religion of the ancient world.
Of course, fast forward to today and imagine the fruits of Peter and Paul's labor as we still read their letter in churches around the world, 1900 years later.
That's the point of this video series. Most Christians are caught up in the divine inspiration but don't know about the historical context. That doesn't mean one aspect is right or wrong, for goodness' sake.
When you are caught with scripture and creeds to indicate different you want to change it to both.
Your hallucination is noted.
There is a lot of bad teaching out there.
Not anywhere on my channel or blogs. But have fun knocking down straw men. There's plenty more of them out there for you.
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