"As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in him" 2 Samuel 22:31
I met a young Canadian boy the summer of 1998 smack dab in the middle of our freshman/sophomore year of college in the lobby of university dormitory at midnight in intoxicating Prague, Czech Republic. I was coming in from a long train from Munich and he a night out in Old Towne. We had an instant connection. Spent a fantastic summer in Europe in an absinthe/hash daze stumbling over cobblestones laid in the 1300's. I shared with him my faith in the Lord, he told me of his adamant rejection of religion.
We were raised polar opposites and disagreed on plenty. If anything, we were consistent.
Fast forward eleven years, our written correspondence has had a chance to bloom with recent reunions here in New York. We genuinely love and respect each other and still to this day are consistent in our stance, both nudging each other to come on over to each other's side.
This most dear non-believing fantastic friend of mine sent me an interview today with scholar Bart Ehrman on NPR. He's written a book about the early scribes who through misinterpretation and some intention, changed the Bible and in theory the Lord's true words. In translation if things were theologically questionable or hard to swallow, they tweaked it so the layman could understand. Which of course begs the question why the didn't omit the lambs opening the seven seals but added stories of just and righteous judgement. Who is this guy to say Jesus is misquoted...?
At any rate, this argument that Ehrman formed his whole book on is without a doubt absolutely feasible. Does it change who HE is? Not in the slightest. This is where I have a problem. Why is everyone trying to negate the Word of God? Everyone is trying to prove the Christian faith wrong or deem us misinformed...for what a feather in your cap?
I have news for you, is you are basing ANY of your beliefs on what MAN is telling you, you probably are WRONG!
I don't believe that you can necessarily become a Christian by reading the Bible, nor can you find your tangible proof of God in words from Genesis to Revelation.
Hence Faith: (noun) A belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence.
But to ask the Lord into your heart, to feel the Holy Spirit working inside you, to walk without fear knowing His hand is on you. To experience His Grace. To seek Him and to know Him and devise your guidance through a relationship with the Lord has nothing to do with the fact that the ancient day scribes changed a word or two.
Walking with Jesus is my portion. The Bible is my 2nd helping of crusty bread and drenching water.
The debate is between You and Him. Not you and me.
What keeps you running?
Without a doubt, if there were a book on earth as intriguing as the bible had ever existed I think we would have heard about it, daily. The love letter from the creator of the universe is the most interesting book because it unfolds. It spurs you on to read more. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee because he trusteth in Thee trust ye in the Lord forever for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength. Isa 26:4. No man cometh unto the Father except he draw him. Time and Chance happeneth to all where ever anyone is God knows the moment He will call. Then He will give the understanding that this word cannot be tampered with. It is tamper proof. Back to the point of if some guys changed the book. I would love to have another one of their books to compare the genius of the 66 books which all point to Jesus.
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