A secondary question would be, Do the teachings of Christ lose value if we ignore all of the peripheral interpretation of it by the apostles after his death? Really interested to see some thoughts on this one.
2006-07-21 04:28:55 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Q#1 = Nope-- but we would loose a lot of history and wold not understand much.
Q#2 = The teachings would remain. They are repeated from different view points for clarification and our understanding.
Very nice to see taht there REALLY CAN be intellegent questions on Yahoo Q & A !
Thanks!
2006-07-21 04:36:19 · answer #1 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible pronounces a curse on anybody who would add to it or remove anything from it (Deuteronomy 5:32; Proverbs 30:6; Revelation 22:18-19).
Jesus told people to follow Him; if we remove everything after the gospels, we would not know HOW to follow Him. The book of Acts shows what people did and what they taught; the epistles are (primarily) to correct mistakes in the early church, and people are just as prone to those mistakes today.
The book of Judas was 'excluded' because there was no reason to include it - it is not inspired (2 Timothy 3:16) and was never accepted as canonical. The early church did not 'vote' books into the Bible, but rather they looked at the evidence and recognized which books belonged. Old Testament books were not accepted by the ancient Jews unless they were known to have been written by a prophet; New Testament books were not accepted unless they were written by an apostle or a close traveling companion of an apostle.
We can remove NOTHING with God's approval.
2006-07-21 04:32:43 · answer #2 · answered by flyersbiblepreacher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The validity of the Bible (what would be left) by removing Leviticus is still in force. But removing the book would weaken quotes from it. We rely on the testimony of 2 or 3 witnesses. That would be like removing one.
Again the teachings of Christ don't lose value. But the apostles were doing and speaking the things of Christ. James says all scripture was inspired by God, and is good for correction, ... . So I don't see that the teachings lose value, but are enhanced.
2006-07-21 04:36:34 · answer #3 · answered by RB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Each part of the Bible is written to help people in different situations. I have often found help from a verse that I had read several times before.
Why is Leviticus there? It was rules to help the people of Isreal live differently from the people around them. Most people at that time worshipped many gods. They were just learning that it was possible to worship just one God.
One lesson we learn from the Old Testament is that if there is something that can be done wrong, man will find a way to do it.
You may find there are many other parts of the Bible that help you more than Leviticus. Don't be discouraged, just keep learning.
2Ti 3:16
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2 Timothy 2:
2:21 So if someone cleanses himself of such behavior,38 he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful for the Master, prepared for every good work. 2:22 But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others39 who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
with others39 who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
2006-07-21 04:51:11 · answer #4 · answered by John S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't it written in Revelation that you're not suppose to remove or add something from or to the Bible???
So I think more valuable things will be lost if you remove any of those books or chapters.
I also think the Bible that we know today is already incomplete. And that parts and pieces of the Bible are removed...
You know the ones that are considered to "apocrypha."
They did found scrolls I believe in the 70's, that are written in Hebrew and these ones are so called apocrypha books...
I don't think you should ignore any parts of the Bible... All is important...
It's so difficult to understand the things that are written in the Bible... But to ignore or even remove what you don't understand or disagree with is a NO to me!!!
2006-07-21 04:57:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anirod 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus references Leviticus. Be nice to have.
I got a bible in the mail a month ago just had the new testement. i was furious. This was a free thing so whatever.
I spent 8 dollars on a version that has old and new.
to understand the new it requires the old. It does, the first few verses of matthew in that new testement talk about abraham and issac and jacob and judah and perez, who were they?
it required me to go and read in genesis to learn, what marvelous stories
i find your second question of value and am emailing back and forth furiously about the revelance of paul's letters, paul is taking a beating this week, obviously for his anti-gay stances, but of course, we see this in leviticus
we can't just cut and paste the parts of the bible we like, we must read it in its entireity and interpret it for ourselves
god spells out sin, believers choose to take the savior into their hearts and let it change them,
we still sin, paul even talks about this, now that we are saved are we free from the law (leviticus) and he responds, certainly not!@
2006-07-21 04:34:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Leviticus, scratch that, the whole O/T minus the things that Jesus repeated, like Psalms 22, it would make the Bible more valid.
If you removed all of the apostles' interpretation we would have Buddhism.
2006-07-21 04:38:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remove one of you fingers and find out if you have the same value, or they just have to trash you. I'm sure you are still value to all.
Same as the word of God.
Try to take all the body parts from God's word, remove all you want, but it is already planted in our heart and soul. Kill the heart, but you can never kill the soul.
Remove the word of God as much as you want, it will never lose it's value, because it is not that book, it is the word of God that has been spoken, and those words no one can erase no matter if they collect all the bibles.
It is planted like a tree that will continue giving fruits, even if we don't have that book.
2006-07-21 04:37:38 · answer #8 · answered by Evy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great Question, Pal!! I think the same things often being Christian... I know alot of other Christians who is proactive and continue to practice the laws of Leviticus.... Which I dont understand cause from my understanding Christ came to deliver us from that! Praise God!!! or else few would make it into heaven probably cause there are alot of austere laws!!! but God loves us. I kinda confused cause I thought the only big difference between Judaism and Christianity were the old and new testaments. So I guess that just goes to say that alot of Christians arent on the same accord! some are half christian and some half jewish I guess! but good question!
2006-07-21 04:35:49 · answer #9 · answered by comingofage03 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, Leviticus is rather dry, however, think of it this way; in school you have to learn about stuff that seems irrelevant. Some of that information makes no sense until you add to it later on in your life. I believe that is how parts of the Bible are. One day that dry dull book of Leviticus may have some hidden wisdom for you. Jesus told us that he did not come to change the law, but to fulfill it. God has a reason for everything. I know that sounds redundant but isn't life very simple; it is we who complicate things. Hope this helps :)
2006-07-21 04:38:01 · answer #10 · answered by Iteachdailey4u 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For all intents and purposes, Leviticus IS cut out of the bible. At least it's cut out of the daily lives of Christians. I've never seen a Christian that practiced all the rules set out in that book.
Apparently you can pick and choose which of God's commands to follow and still be a true believer.
2006-07-21 04:35:56 · answer #11 · answered by Eldritch 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋