IHeartLarrytheCucumber

Some people in my family are so deceived and are making me so upset. They don't think you should take the whole Bible literally, and verbatim. Just need to know what the Bible says about the Bible. Thanks.

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el Pollo

2nd Timothy 3:16 works for me.

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Boanerges

Amen brother!

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Anything that dims my vision for Christ, or takes away my taste for Bible study, or cramps me in my prayer life, or makes Christian work difficult, is wrong for me; and I must, as a Christian turn away from it. – J. Wilbur Chapman

IHeartLarrytheCucumber

Just what I needed-thanks!

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Whirlwind

Hebrews 4:12
Matthew 5:18


This is, once again, strange...because this was part of my morning meditation. I like it when my day connects with my meditations. It can't always be coincidence.

God really is wonderful to us, isn't He? Whoo-hoo!

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Chapter-by-Chapter, verse-by-verse.
Jesus is the Living Word.

Jasher

I don't think we should take the Bible literally either. Literalism is a school of thought that in my opinion is often in error. The Bible is loaded with Hyperbole, similies, allegories, sarcasm, symbology, and parables. If you take these literally you will not have an accurate perception of the message of the Bible. I know it's tough determining them sometimes, but we need to be aware that they are there. Jesus spoke in such riddles that the disciples were often perturbed and finally ask him why one day. You know what he said already. They were also amazed that for once in Matthew when he spoke to them plainly - it was unusual for him to do so. I don't think we can take everything literally.

Boanerges

I am of the belief that the parts of the bible that are not literal are explained elsewhere in that same bible. An example might be the book of Daniel shedding light on the book of Revelations.

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Anything that dims my vision for Christ, or takes away my taste for Bible study, or cramps me in my prayer life, or makes Christian work difficult, is wrong for me; and I must, as a Christian turn away from it. – J. Wilbur Chapman

Jasher

An example would be...?

IHeartLarrytheCucumber

That's the thing...how do you read the Bible? I mean, the verse where Jesus says something like if your right arm causes you to sin, cut it off is definitely not supposed to be taken literally and you know that through common sense. But other things are not as obvious I'm sure. I guess it's just devoting time to Bible studies. I just don't understand why the Bible isn't more blunt. I want nothing more to understand the Bible but I just can't focus if it's not written in black and white. (Even though it actually is written in black and white, you get my point.)

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Jasher

Right - that's a good example of hyperbole and there are many like that. It's exaggeration to make a point. One writer said that if all the works of Jesus were written down the whole world could not contain the books.