I'm not saying a believer should "worship" the Bible, but I would think it wise to view it as authoritive and the basis from which beliefs are built and supported.
Just to make things clear,.....
I never said that the bible should not be viewed as the authoritative basis from which beliefs should be built and supported.
I did say the bible is GODS MESSAGE system to man kind and it is full of GODS WORDS.
I was simply giving trying to warn you,.. When people worship the bible they hold GOD to the translation in which they favor.
I would have you warned by this for the simple fact that scholars are vulnerable to the doctrines of men. And if you want use scripture to make an idea fit its authority, you better make sure your scripture hasnt been taken out of context or miss translated in any way.
Isa_28:13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
And By the way you should definitely compare any testimony with scripture to insure its validity. Go ahead.
{I will never forget the practical WISDOM that the guys who baptized me imparted to me that day,... They both agreed as they asked me..
"Do you believe that Jesus Christ is the son of GOD?"
"Have you stopped sinning and repented of your sins ?"
"have you accepted JESUS CHRIST as your savior?"
then they asked me,....
"Do you understand that you will not be able to stop sinning?"
I knew,.... I did know,.... spite every intention I had to not sin again I knew.
And that is the very reason why I knew that I must and needed to be Baptized, It is for the REMISSION / FORGIVENESS OF SIN.
Being baptized is not the receiving of salvation.
IT IS THE REALIZATION THAT WE DESERVE TO DIE, AND THAT WE NEED JESUS CHRIST TO ACTIVELY BECOME OUR LIVING SAVIOR BECAUSE WE CANNOT ACHIEVE WHAT IS REQUIRED OF US.
And so by physically performing the act of baptism we agree with GOD that we should be dead right then and there.
IT IS AN HONORABLE ACT OF HUMILITY.
As if in that very place at that very moment we lay down our lives, for the sake of inadequacy and the acknowledgement of JESUS as our only way to ever be reconciled to GOD because of our nature.}
The testimony of a true believer goes hand in hand with GODS WORD I feel like you devalued that testimony with this statement
What bothers me most about these types of discussions is that most posters tend to offer personal testimony as if it some equates in value to what was written in the scriptures. I hate to sound mean, but I'm gonna be blunt here; IT MATTERS NOT HOW YOU FEEL OR WHAT YOUR EXPERIENCES WERE! The issue instead is what.....do.......the.........scriptures........sa y!
How else would Gods gift get spread to the unbelievers,.. I mean really? Of what value is GODS gift if it cannot be appreciated by men??
And of what value is the lamp if you hide it under your BIBLE ??? Instead it aught to be put out on a lampstand perhaps even a lampstand on top of your bible so as to lead people to it, so all who are near it may be able to see the light, and learn from where it came.
If the bible is supposed to be your food Then the testimony of the true believer is the salt,... It is not to be thrown out and trampled on.
If the testimony was a pearl it should be cherished and admired and not thrown into pig pin.
Disregarding the testimony is a thing that aught not to be done it is exactly what happened to the prophets.
