![]() If someone says the Bible “contains” the Word of God, they can then justify claiming that it contains truth but it’s not all truth. ![]() (1 Thessalonians 2:13) The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever. (2 Timothy 3:16–17) And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. The point I want to make is that the Bible doesn’t just “contain” the Word of God. But once they compromise Genesis, very often all sorts of problems/compromise show up in regard to aspects of the rest of the Bible and Christian doctrine, etc. I find that if Christians accept Genesis as written, then they usually don’t have problems with the rest of the Bible. There was rampant compromise on Genesis, for instance, which leads to compromise in regard to all sorts of doctrine. The Uniting church by and large (of course, there are always exceptions depending on the leadership) became very liberal quite quickly. It actually IS the Word of God.Īs soon as my father and I saw the word “contains” in regard to the Word of God in that uniting statement, we smelled liberal theology. I learned to “smell” liberal theology from a million miles away! The Bible doesn’t just “contain” the Word of God. Here’s just some of what he learned to recognize as a common denominator of this liberal theology believed by these pastors: they would reject Genesis as literal history (and accept evolution) they would try to explain away many of the miracles in the Bible and some even rejected the virgin birth and bodily resurrection of Christ. He then made sure we had answers to what the liberal theologians were saying about the Bible so we wouldn’t be led astray with doubt that could lead to unbelief in God’s Word. My father made sure he studied liberal theology so he could understand what was being believed and taught. As we moved, we encountered a number of pastors who were impacted by liberal theology. My father was a teacher, and we were transferred to different towns in the state of Queensland every three years as my father was promoted. But does the Bible only “contain” the Word of God? And part of that wording stated that the Bible “contains” the Word of God. I remember my father showing me the wording used to explain the foundation for this union of denominations. This involved the union of three churches: the Congregational Union of Australia, the Methodist Church of Australasia, and the Presbyterian Church of Australia. In Australia in 1977, the Uniting Church of Australia was formed.
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