Occasionally, we’re faced with challenges that help us grow a more stable, stronger sense of self and spirit.
The assertion that the Bible is not entirely perfect is blasphemous to some. They are confused by a scheming Devil preying upon our somewhat narcissistic (self focused)… “glory to us” nature.
God deserves all the Glory for everything… including the “glorious” works from us. God has His “hands” in everything. He’s been helping each of us from before we were born. Our ‘eyes’ are just not always open… because we tend to focus on ourselves.
Bible worshiping is wrong. Bible referencing and God worshipping is perfect. Putting weight on words from God and “God in human flesh” and simply appreciating, in context of being human, the Bible writer’s own words. Letting the Bible writers’ work frame but not dictate to us outside their quoting of God’s Words because ALL of us fully humans are subject to our emotions and perceptions.
We’re mistaken if we think any of the Bible writers were always perfect. Only the quotes of Christ are perfect. We know the disciples remember Jesus’s words because Jesus tells us that the disciples would receive help from the Spirit. But there’s also their vulnerable emotions and perceptions independent of the Spirit. Each of us has emotion and perception… you, your preacher, your friends, your neighbor… ALL of us. God gave each of us a unique spirit and soul. We’re not God’s robots. We’re God’s children… and we need guidance and discipline pretty much ALL the time.
For affirmation, the assertion of biblical imperfection should be tested by comparing the Bible writer’s words with God’s Words. God’s message for us is simply to love one another. We’ve placed Holy attributes where they don’t belong on imperfect humans. God’s Message to love is simple. Our spirit (emotion) is not. The disciples weren’t robots and neither was/is any of us.
Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John wrote, “Whoever believes in (Jesus) is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.”
Jesus was reassuring the disciples that He was of God. They were shaken and scared. They thought he was going to physically take command of EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING. But Jesus had just told them that He was going to die. Jesus wasn’t dictating policy, He was serving His disciples and telling us that He and God are One. Jesus, in his ministry, showed us how to think and behave. He wasn’t preaching that we would go to hell if we didn’t believe in Him. Some people think and behave like Jesus without knowing or believing in Christ. Jesus said we would not know who is allowed to come to the Father. The least of us would be first.
John was lovingly but perhaps unknowingly dictating policy. John basically wrote to us that even if we think and behave like Christ but don’t believe in Him we are condemned. That doesn’t sound like something Jesus would say or do to us. Jesus loves us. John loved us but he was in pain over his best friend’s death. And John knew who killed Jesus and why. John’s words are probably directed toward the Sanhedrin. Christ’s killers.
The Devil’s messages are aggressively complex and deceptive. Satan preys on our emotions and wants us to die. I often do battle with the crafty demon. Maybe you’ve come across him as well. Satan says things to me like, “You are wrong and should delete this website so as not to embarrass yourself and your family any further. Why are you making waves for traditional Bible worship. Isn’t that catastrophically dangerous for yourself AND the Christian community?”
The answer is only yes if ALL the human writers of the Bible were always PERFECT in ALL their writings. Then I’m off base. I have a strong SENSE and FEELING that I’m standing on an earthly third base… Home may well be among the stars.
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The Bible writers captured God’s messaging. They also wrote from their own free willed spirit and soul… embellishing their own emotions. The Bible writers were fully human. Truth should be based on empirical evidence not “glory” for us fully humans. Glory and worship belongs on the Lord and the Lord’s loving Message.
Satan’s been after us from his beginning. I know he’s crafty. And I know we’re all vulnerable. I get a clear message in my mind that God’s plan is a lot less complicated than we are and that God loves all of us.
So who will make the cut to Heaven? Certainly those that LOVE believing Jesus Christ is their savior… but what about those that LOVE not knowing or believing in Christ. LOVING God (Nature), others and ourselves is the Message Satan has distorted through our selfish nature to create division among us using our pride and passion as a weapon.
Love unifies us and dissolves division’s hate. Jesus was teaching… Love, Truth and Peace. He wasn’t teaching us to separate with our different doctrines and religions. Christ was teaching us to love one another, unconditionally. Satan successfully added conditions. And we fell for it. Because we’re self-ish.
In summary
We have separate doctrinal and religious divisions because we’re all subject to our own unique thoughts. We added our own messages to God’s. Because we’re not robots. We have our egos, emotions and soul. Bible writers accurately captured God’s messaging, but were also subject to their ego and emotion. Us mere humans can only do the best we can and aren’t able to be perfect for more than a dream… Like when we’re occasionally stabilized under our Maker’s wing.
We would do better to acknowledge that only one human was Devine.
The rest of every single one of us are not.
Portal/Emanuel page 18
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