My ex-presbyterian minister doesn't understand God's sovereignty and plan so he teaches that the Word is full of the superstitions and interpretations of ancient men. He also teaches it's the Word of God. If you try to pin him down on which is the Word of God and which is the superstitions of man, he shrugs and rolls his eyes.
carol v
Hi Carol,
Perhaps your ex-presbyterian minister was not too far from being correct.
The problem comes when we believe that every word in the bible is inspired by God.
I am not sure that everything that was said by anyone in the scriptures are to be considered the word of God.
The scriptures were a whole bunch of stories, within which were some spoken words of God.
The scriptures themselves tell us to not believe everything that is written because the scribes lied.
Jer 8:8 "How can you say, 'We are wise, And the law of the LORD is with us'? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes Has made {it} into a lie.
Moses came down from the mountain with a whole bunch of laws supposedly given by God. These laws included all of the sacrificial laws. And yet God told us through the great prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah that all of that burning of things for him was an abomination to him. He never commanded it.
Jer 7:22 "For I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Jer 7:23 "But this is what I commanded them, saying, 'Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you will walk in all the way which I command you, that it may be well with you.'
Isa 1:11 "What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me?" Says the LORD. "I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams And the fat of fed cattle; And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats.
Isa 1:12 "When you come to appear before Me, Who requires of you this trampling of My courts?
Isa 1:13 "Bring your worthless offerings no longer, Incense is an abomination to Me. New moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies-- I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn assembly.
Isa 1:14 "I hate your new moon {festivals} and your appointed feasts, They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing {them.}
The scriptures just tell us what Moses said. They do not tell us that what he said was true.
Maybe Moses just made some things up on the way down the mountain. Moses gave us the laws concerning tithing.
The people must tithe to only the levite priests forever. Did it just happen to be a coincidence that Moses was from the tribe of Levy?
Just because it is said to have happened in scriptures does not necessarily mean that it is true.
I am not trying to teach outside of what Ray teaches. These verses are in accordance with Ray's
teaching concerning things like tithing and observing the sabbath.
Tim