The things found in the Bible are true. That we know. But here is an important question :
Are the things in the Bible true because they are in the Bible?
Or
Are the things in the Bible because they are true?
A subtle but significant and foundational difference between these two. Ponder this a bit. The answer here sets the tone for bible reading, and for life.
I submit that the second is the truth. What is in the Bible had been put there by god and maintained there by god through inspiration of man because those things are the truth god wanted us to have. In other words, god took turn and placed it in his written word for us as few keeping and easy access.
Why is this important? Because if you just assume everything in the Bible is true just because it is in the Bible, it changed your mindset to be accepting or following of man. That mindset opens the door to deception. We should never "assume" that anything is true blindly. God gave us reason, he expects us to use it to seek truth.
So we shouldn't blindly follow a man, not a book, because of itself. We follow truth itself. We know that everything in the Bible is true ( not withstanding translation errors) because god put the truth there for us.
"Come let us reason together " is one of my favorite scriptures. The creator, our father, calling us to himself to explore the truth of the universe, the wonders of his world. What higher calling could there be in life than this.
Trust the bible as god's word to us, realize that it had been sent to us, preserved for us, but it is the message inside and the author that is important, not the book itself.
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