Reading the Bible Through the Eyes of Faith??
How is it that people can see different things the Bible? It is based upon a person's cultural bringing? Or is it a way to see things they are but yet seek to distort what people see? Most of the times when people begin to read the Bible they bring along with them such cultural baggage and bias by which they deny the authority of the Bible (2 Tim. 3:16). What is the meaning of the authority of the Bible? The authority of what the church ought to believe and how God's people are to live their lives according to God's Word (2 Tim. 3:15). When it comes to the authority of the Bible as it relates to what the Church ought to believe is that people choose to believe differently then what the Bible teach (Rom. 16:17-18). For example when it comes to the biblical teaching of salvation is that many professing Christian teachers teach salvation is a means of works; not grace. In so many words that in order for a person to be saved is to work out their salvation with fear and tr...