Interpretation of the Scriptures"Man is notoriously a creature of extremes, and nowhere is that fact more evident than in the attitude taken by different ones to this subject. Whereas some have affirmed the Bible is written in such simple language that it calls for no explaining, a far greater number have suffered the papists to persuade them that its contents are so far above the grasp of the natural intellect, its subjects so profound and exalted, its language so abstruse and ambiguous that the common man is quite incapable of understanding it by his own efforts, and therefore that it is the part of wisdom for him to submit his judgment to "holy mother church," who brazenly claims to be the only Divinely authorized and qualified interpreter of God's oracles. Thus does the Papacy withhold God's Word from the laity, and impose her own dogmas and superstitions upon them. For the most part the laity are quite content to have it so, for thereby they are relieved of searching the Scriptures for themselves. Nor is it much better with many Protestants, for in most cases they are too indolent to study the Bible for themselves, and believe only what they hear from the pulpits." Arthur Walkington Pink was an English Christian evangelist and Biblical scholar known for his staunchly Calvinist and Puritan-like teachings. Though born to Christian parents, prior to conversion he migrated into a Theosophical society (an occult gnostic group popular in England during that time), and quickly rose in prominence within their ranks. His conversion came from his father's patient admonitions from Scripture. It was the verse, Proverbs 14:12, 'there is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death, ' which particularly struck his heart and compelled him to renounce Theosophy and follow Jesus. |
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... John 2:20 , 27 ) . To declare that I need none but the Holy Spirit to teach me may sound very honoring to Him , but is it true ? Like all human assertions that one requires to be tested , for noth- ing must be taken for granted where ...
... John 2:20 , 27 ) . To declare that I need none but the Holy Spirit to teach me may sound very honoring to Him , but is it true ? Like all human assertions that one requires to be tested , for noth- ing must be taken for granted where ...
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... ( John 5:31 ) " though I bear record of Myself , yet My record is true " ( John 8 : 14 ) . Another pair of opposites ! Yet there is no conflict between them when rightly interpreted . In John 5 : 17-31 , Christ was declaring His sevenfold ...
... ( John 5:31 ) " though I bear record of Myself , yet My record is true " ( John 8 : 14 ) . Another pair of opposites ! Yet there is no conflict between them when rightly interpreted . In John 5 : 17-31 , Christ was declaring His sevenfold ...
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... John 6:29 . " He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob , neither hath He seen perverse- ness in Israel " ( Num . 23:21 ) . How often those words have been re- garded absolutely , without any regard to their context . They were a part of ...
... John 6:29 . " He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob , neither hath He seen perverse- ness in Israel " ( Num . 23:21 ) . How often those words have been re- garded absolutely , without any regard to their context . They were a part of ...
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... ( John 1:43 ) . Again , " And they bring Him unto the place Golgotha , which is , being interpreted , The place of a skull " ( Mark 15:22 ) . Yet again " Melchisedec , king of Salem ... first being by interpretation King of righteousness ...
... ( John 1:43 ) . Again , " And they bring Him unto the place Golgotha , which is , being interpreted , The place of a skull " ( Mark 15:22 ) . Yet again " Melchisedec , king of Salem ... first being by interpretation King of righteousness ...
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... John 5:20 ) , yet more is needed in order for us to " know the things that are freely given to us of God " ( I Cor . 2:12 ) . This is evident from the case of the apostles , for though they had companied and communed with Christ for the ...
... John 5:20 ) , yet more is needed in order for us to " know the things that are freely given to us of God " ( I Cor . 2:12 ) . This is evident from the case of the apostles , for though they had companied and communed with Christ for the ...
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Page 8 - When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart; this is he which received seed by the way side.