Think About This

Mesa AZ

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THREE GOOD ONES!!! 3 Reasons People Reject the Bible In Romans 10:17 Paul tells us that the only way people will ever come to salvation is by hearing and believing the message contained in the Bible. Many people "hear" the gospel message on TV, radio, from friends on social media, and sermons in church but they reject the message as coming from God and thus having authority. Here are some of the reasons why they do this: 1. It depends on your interpretation The argument here is that since so many groups use the Bible to teach different things and all claim to be true, something must be wrong with the Bible. People reject the Bible in this case because they feel that if you can interpret it in any way you want, it must be too subjective. Now, there are reasons why they think this: They've never studied it for themselves. They use their Bibles as shelf or table ornaments. The only Bible teaching they've received is from different sects or TV evangelists or the doctrine of some church, but they've never learned to study it for themselves. What can we say in response to this idea that it depends on your interpretation? Can we come to firm conclusions about certain things based in the Bible? 2. It's not understandable This argument says that the Bible is too complex for the ordinary man to understand. This is thinking that belonged to the Middle Ages where the Roman Catholic church did not permit the masses access to the Bible for this reason. This idea exists to this day. For example: In my own family, I was told I would go crazy when I began reading the Bible. There was a headline in the "Journal de Montreal" (a high-circulation daily newspaper in Montreal, Quebec) that read, "Man kills wife and self after reading Bible." A headline devised to reinforce a major false stereotype that people of that time and place had about reading the Bible. It is also the argument for the modern agnostic who says that if you can't understand it then you should reject it. Again, there are reasons why people think this: They have never tried to study the Bible seriously for themselves. They just believe the myths and trust their religious leaders without checking for themselves. Most of the religious instruction comes from people who promote this idea. They make the Bible out to be a mysterious object instead of light and truth. But what does the Bible say about itself? Does it claim to be a mystery, too complex, beyond man's understanding? 3. The Bible was written by men The argument that this is just another religious book written by pious and well meaning people - but only people, and so doesn't have the authority to tell us what to do. Again, reasons why people think this: They have never studied the Bible or any other religious book for that matter. They love sin and don't want to come to the truth. There are over 300 prophecies regarding Jesus, made centuries before His appearance, and completely fulfilled by Him recorded in the Bible. These point to a divine author. The Bible has unequalled depth of philosophical, psychological, and theological information not found in any other text - ever. It is accurate historically and archeologically. It has a complexity of material recorded over a vast amount of time without contradiction. If it is only men, then: How do more than 40 authors who live over a period of 1,500 years write 66 books that fit together perfectly and tell one seamless story without divine help? In this day and age you can't even get two contemporary reporters to write the same report to match in the news. All of this in addition to the eyewitness accounts of Jesus' miracles, resurrection, and teachings where He says that the Bible is inspired. When we weigh all of these facts together, we cannot easily reject the Bible as just another book. If God didn't write it, who did and why haven't we been able to duplicate it (not even come close) in 2,000 years? Summary From the very beginning, people have rejected God's word and they've used all kinds of excuses to do so: Too personal Too complicated Too human People can find all the reasons in the world to deny and reject the Bible, but in the end they will have to deal with the fact that God will judge us according to the Bible - regardless of our opinion of it.