If I do not know what a difficult passage means, I can at least know what it does not mean.\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n
Let us take a homemade illustration. I am trying to identify a piece of fruit I have just pulled from a tree. It is purple in color, egg-shaped, contains one large pit at its center, has a series of sharp spikes growing all over its surface, has the fragrance of a rose and the taste of watermelon. I shake my head and admit I do not know what it is. Immediately an eager-faced helper appears and says, \u201cIf you do not know what it is, I can help you. It is a banana. Now that I have given you the light, come and follow me. I know a lot more things just as wonderful as this.\u201d<\/p>\n
But I am not so easily fooled. My answer is, \u201cNo, my friend, I will not follow you. True, I do not know what this fruit is, but I surely know what it is not. It is not a banana.\u201d<\/i> That will dispose of my little helper most effectively, especially if I can produce a real banana for comparison.<\/p>\n
Now what does all this add up to? Simply this\u2014the fact that I may not be able to explain a passage does not obligate me to accept from another an explanation that is obviously phony. I do not know what it means, but I do know what it does not mean.<\/i><\/p>\n
1 Thessalonians 5:20\u201321; 2 Peter 3:14\u201318; 1 John 4:1<\/p>\n
This World: Playground or Battleground?,<\/i> 108, 109.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If I do not know what a difficult passage means, I can at least know what it does not mean.\u2026 Let us take a homemade illustration. I am trying to identify a piece of fruit I have just pulled from a tree. It is purple in color, egg-shaped, contains one large pit at its center, … Continue reading “BIBLE:
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