Is The Bible Infallible?

[Timmy]

What scripture is Jesus quoting here?

John 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

[TGBTG]

Originally Posted by Timmy

What scripture is Jesus quoting here?

John 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

John 7
37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

Notice that the living water Jesus was speaking about was actually referring to the pouring of the Spirit of God, which essentially is salvation for mankind. Having that in mind:

Isaiah 12
2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

[Scott Hutchinson]

In one account,they heard,but did not understand what was being said,they heard but they didn't hear if you get me ?

[Michael The Disciple]

Thank God we have the Bible to test everyones revelations. If not we would be in a much worse mess than we are now. Most have widely testimonies about what the Lord supposedly showed them.

Yes I believe he shows things. I have experienced it many times. Yet there are some who want to control others through what they present as "thus saith the Lord".

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple

Thank God we have the Bible to test everyones revelations. If not we would be in a much worse mess than we are now. Most have widely testimonies about what the Lord supposedly showed them.

Yes I believe he shows things. I have experienced it many times. Yet there are some who want to control others through what they present as "thus saith the Lord".

It is always possible to reconcile two scriptures that seem to be contradictory. In exactly the same way, it is always possible to reconcile an alleged revelation from God to the Bible. So, how does that help?

[Timmy]

"God told me to kill my children."

You can easily reconcile that one. It doesn't even "apparently" contradict anything, except the commandment against murder. But just use the same method you use to reconcile that with God's OT commands to various people to kill someone, and in particular, Abraham's order to kill Isaac. (Don't bother mentioning that God stopped Abe. It has no bearing on this at all.) (Oh, and if you say that was OT and God doesn't tell anyone to kill anymore, prove it. And God Himself killed in the NT.)

[jfrog]

I don't understand why it matters if the original manuscripts of the bible were without error... I'm worried about the manuscripts we have now and apparently even if God was able to create error free manuscripts he was either unable or unwilling to preserve them and their copies error free until this day.

[AreYouReady?]

Originally Posted by jfrog

I don't understand why it matters if the original manuscripts of the bible were without error... I'm worried about the manuscripts we have now and apparently even if God was able to create error free manuscripts he was either unable or unwilling to preserve them and their copies error free until this day.

Ahhh...but he has preserved them. There are many old bibles out there. They just are not sold in stores and you have to search for them elsewhere.

[jfrog]

Originally Posted by AreYouReady?

Ahhh...but he has preserved them. There are many old bibles out there. They just are not sold in stores and you have to search for them elsewhere.

LOL.