Quote:
Originally Posted by Aquila
To elevate and magnify anything (other than God Himself) to absolute perfection is to create an equal to God. That equal can be a person, place, or thing. We must be cautious of this. So, I confess that I do believe that the translations of the Bible that we have today are inspired by the Holy Spirit. However, the translations themselves are not entirely inerrant.
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This. Exactly This.
There was a time when I realized that the devotion I had held for the Bible, approached idolatry. I realized that at times I ignored the promptings of the Holy Spirit because what I was
hearing didn't match what I had been
told the scriptures said.
When I had this Epiphany I was understandably horrified, and I never want to make that mistake again.
Christian Ministers talk so often about the importance of being led by the Holy Spirit, and yet, I feel they send a mixed message at the same time, that it can never be trusted, and only the Bible can be. So I reached a point where I needed to ask myself, Am I following God, or am I following a book claiming to speak for God?
I think it's scary to give up the idea of the Bible as a rule book or instruction manual. (for life, not necessarily salvation). Because we know how infallible, imperfect and easily led astray that we are. I think that was one of my biggest struggles, to trust God to allow and forgive my inevitable mistakes.
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