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standingtall

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1. The bible is not an instruction manual

Reply to guillaumeb (Original post)

Fri Feb 22, 2019, 08:03 PM

Feb 2019

he got that part right. If someone is reading through the bible looking for do's and dont's they are reading it wrong, but if you read through the bible looking for when to shift does and dont's your reading it wrong then too. The bible is not about anything Christians do it is instead about what Christ did for us.

The law of God is anything God ever commanded from eternity. The purpose of the law is not to teach us to keep it or to see how good we can do keepig it, but to show we cannot keep it and therefore need a saviour Jesus Christ.

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You may be reading the Bible wrong. Pete Enns says the Bible itself shows a better way [View all] guillaumeb Feb 2019 OP

The bible is not an instruction manual standingtall Feb 2019 #1

Would it be shameless boasting to say I figured this out back in my late twenties without clergy. Thomas Hurt Feb 2019 #2

I agree with that lady. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #3

The Bible says whatever the person reading it wants it to say. Squinch Feb 2019 #4