Tearing Pages Out of The Bible: From The Theologian’s Corner

  Let us explore and examine a few examples of tearing pages out of the Bible that we don’t like. Think back in time when you were a child. There was a always a child on the block who was spoiled and had all the toys your parents had not purchased for you yet. If you were the poor kid as I was, you may recall the other kid not getting his way, pout-ting and taking all his toys in the house. The Christians in today’s assembly of believers are not much better. They refuse to accept correction and reproofing. They only care to hear uplifting messages that pertain to making life easier. These are people who are not willing to accept what is wrong in their lives. They totally ignore all the fingers that point at them. I like to refer to these people as those who tear pages out  of the bible.

The Bible doesn’t say that

 The age old response from someone who does not want to accept what is being said about the gospel is, ” my Bible don’t say that.” It would help if they actually read their Bible. I have found this as the most common way to rip pages right out of the Good Book. It seems that whenever the Bible says something that contradicts our sinful practices, we ignore that part and pretend we have never heard or saw that. Are we so selfish, and are our ears that clogged, that we will not take time to acknowledge the words of God? I recall sitting in a Denny’s restaurant having dinner with to women friends. One of them received a phone call telling her that a friend had committed suicide. The other lady upon finding out the news reacted to the info by saying, ” he is going to hell.” I immediately wanted to minister to them, and that’s where everything went down hill. I asked them what made them so sure that the guy was going to hell because he took his own life. I went on to explain to them that the Bible gave to examples of suicide that I am not going to go into in this article. I further explained that the teaching was out of Roman Catholic theology, and was like many other teaching from Catholicism, not backed up by scripture. Why did I say that? The girl was stumped, so she called her sister whom she believed had a better defense. She did not, and so she went to insults and a un- Christian tantrum. The conclusion to this is, we had to go through all this because this person was not willing to listen to or accept scripture. She was dead set on ignoring the scriptures in the Bible I gave her, Thus she removed them in her mind. As far as she was concerned, those scriptures were not there. She had torn them out in her mind, and therefore torn them out of the Bible. Let me refer you to Revelation 1:3, Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near.

Jesus didn’t say that, the Apostle Paul did

 In this new Christian era we are in, it amazes me that Christians are still questioning the Apostle Paul’s Authority and Apostleship. When ever there is a scripture mentioned out of the Pauline epistles that some one doesn’t like, it is often disregarded and shunned. People often say, Jesus didn’t say that, Paul did. I always thought that Jesus selected him, and made him Apostle to the gentiles. I found well over a dozen scriptures to validate his Apostleship, but I will just use one. Romans 11:13, For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry. Over 2000 years have passed and this is still an issue amongst believers.  I read a statistic that only 13 percent of Christians believe the Bible is 100 % true and infallible. This is a scary number for Christendom, and woe to the 87 percent who just tear the pages out they don’t like. If you are concerned about substantiating the data, please don’t hesitate to view some of the comments left on my past articles. I have heard Paul referred to as a chauvinist pig, and that his teachings are not relevant today. Let me state for the record that the epistles were obviously not written to us, but they were certainly written for us. I believe that Paul’s role if you compare it to this modern church era, he was the equivalent to what we refer to today as a district bishop, or head bishop etc. Paul was with no doubt overseeing and supervising several churches and their pastors. This work that Paul was doing, he was no doubt selected by Jesus to do it. Let me refer you to Acts 9:15-16, But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before the Gentiles and their kings and before the people of Israel. I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.” How is it that we have omitted this from the Bible for our own selfish convenience? Your guess is as good as mine.

Conclusion

 Christians can’t be in line with the world. We must hold everything that is written in the Bible as fact and not fiction. Christians must die to this sinful flesh daily, and strive to do the best we can to represent the word of God as Ambassadors of Christ. After all it is fair to conclude if Christians don’t believe the word of God, we cant expect to convince any one its worth believing. Christianity is all about faith and love yet it is fair statement that there is not much love or faith in the laws and instructions our saviour left with His disciples for the betterment on mankind. If we do not begin to display that God is written on every function in our lives, Christianity will continue to be an estimated 33 percent of the world population and declining. Let me conclude with a scripture for you to marinade on. Refer to Deuteronomy 6:6-7, These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.