Since we know the Christ had knowledge of things that were to come in His Church don't you think He was aware of how much confusion and division leaving us only a Bible would cause due to personal interpretation don't you think He might have left us some other guidlines to follow? I mean our Countries fore fathers did not leave us just the Constituition but also a government. Would Christ not have done the same?
2007-12-12 06:21:44 · 23 answers · asked by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jesus left us the Holy Spirit to reveal the Truth.
John 14
25"All this I have spoken while still with you. 26But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
So yes, Jesus knew there would be false teachings and false prophets.
2007-12-13 13:38:23 · answer #1 · answered by Spoken4 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the bible is not responsible for the sectarianism that has resulted from the Protestant Reformation. The Roman Catholic Church is. It is unlikely that such a tremendous religious "revolution" would have occurred in Europe if the pope of Martin Luther's day had not established the policy of selling indulgences. Even though another pope made this practice illegal 50 years later, by then it was too late. The Reformation was in full swing.
Certainly, the bible cannot be blamed for the extensive sectarianism of Western Christianity. The Eastern Orthodox churches have had the bible for just as long as the Western church.
Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/
2007-12-12 11:08:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus must have realized the problems of a religion of a book because he saw what happened with the Torah of Judaism.
Matthew has a telling incident to relate in Chap. 12:
"Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, they asked him, 'Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?'
"He said to them, 'If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.'
"Then he said to the man, 'Stretch out your hand.' So he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other. But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus."
Jesus knew that religion by the book inevitably leads to puritanism, where God's love and opportunity are whittled down into sticks to beat the faithful.
Only an actual organization can develop unified interpretations of God's teaching to safeguard the faith and apply it to new situations, such as surrogate motherhood. That's why Jesus authorized the Church and gave us leaders, sacraments, and doctrines.
Too, he gave our leaders the power to bind and loose, and the promise to protect his Church against the gates of Hades.
Cheers,
Bruce
2007-12-12 08:48:19 · answer #3 · answered by Bruce 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure Jesus was aware of the confusion that might abound over the Bible but I'm certain he was confident that the transparency of the truth within will quell the aspects that are irrelevant today such as not eating certain meats over God's ultimate love for us. The message of love and the walk of faith in Jesus's life encompassed the NT portion of the bible which is the last portion of it, and the best was saved for last.
The rock Jesus built on Peter is the church, whichever teaches the truth of His love.
2007-12-12 06:29:00 · answer #4 · answered by Hope 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ok i know i am going to get yelled at but here it goes. I am LDS yes i am a morman.
God loves his children and would noever seek to confuse them. I belive the bible as it is corectly translated. Over time it has been changed from one language to another and has caused alot of confusion.
It is hard to belive that god would send prophets to guide his children, then suddenly just sotp for no reason. I bleive in a modern day prophet. I also belive that there are more tools than just the bible Including personal revilation as well as other written works of god such as the book of mormon.
Go ahead and yell at me, but personaly i belive that god didnt just stop trying after the end of the new testiment.
Does it make sense that he would..................answer of course not.
2007-12-12 06:32:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I agree. And He did make arrangements for additional witnesses, and clarification of His Gospel. That's why we have the Book of Mormon. It's purpose is to provide an additional witness to the Doctrines taught in the Bible and provide those Doctrines that were lost due to transliteration, translation errors, as well as Doctrines not understood by those who chose what to include in the Bible when it was being compiled.
2007-12-12 07:32:30 · answer #6 · answered by Tonya in TX - Duck 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The bible tells us that as a young child, Jesus was knowledable of the written word. In His ministry however, He led by example and He gave us the best advice that anyone could ever think about writing. Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
2007-12-12 06:29:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
After hundreds of years of apostasy, Jesus did reestablish His church, complete with prophets and continuing revelation. As prophesied it too fell away, requiring another restoration. This happened in 1830.
2007-12-12 09:10:40 · answer #8 · answered by Bryan Kingsford 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The law is written on our hearts. Check Romans.
Where does it say in the Bible that God deliberately tries to confuse us?
2007-12-12 06:28:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 10:46:59 · answer #10 · answered by jensen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋