Mankind since birth has been taught to view everything from the viewpoint of man. It then would be our natural inclination to do so also in viewing God. We instead must first remove the scales and see God and especially God's word through the eyes of God and not the eyes of man. We mustn't make Him over in our own image.
Jesus, right from the start with His birth, presented us with a counter-viewpoint which upset the applecart of what man expected and thought of as worthy or holy. Jesus spent His entire life living beneath the expectations of what a king (let alone God) should be according to the thinking and philosophies of man. The same applies when discerning those who would philosophize over scripture. Will they see scripture according to the times of their writing, or try and explain them by today's standards? Will their views be from the eyes of man or the eyes of God? Will they be just as muddled in perception as were the Jewish priests of the Sanhedrin, or even the people looking for a worldly king? Un-muddying comes from discerning which set of eyes, human or godly, interprets the particular subject at hand.
The will of God within scripture never changes from front to back. It runs contrary to the will of man. Do we humans get to decide what biblical authors actually meant concerning God? We invariably put our will first. In the end, do we decide between which interpretations of fellow man to follow rather than what scripture actually says?? Is that not how we end up with so many sects within Christianity where the adherents defend their church rather than the Kingdom? Man often comprehends in ways that suit man. We seek that which pleases us rather than seeking the will of God. Same old original sin.
© ...timothyu
Jesus, right from the start with His birth, presented us with a counter-viewpoint which upset the applecart of what man expected and thought of as worthy or holy. Jesus spent His entire life living beneath the expectations of what a king (let alone God) should be according to the thinking and philosophies of man. The same applies when discerning those who would philosophize over scripture. Will they see scripture according to the times of their writing, or try and explain them by today's standards? Will their views be from the eyes of man or the eyes of God? Will they be just as muddled in perception as were the Jewish priests of the Sanhedrin, or even the people looking for a worldly king? Un-muddying comes from discerning which set of eyes, human or godly, interprets the particular subject at hand.
The will of God within scripture never changes from front to back. It runs contrary to the will of man. Do we humans get to decide what biblical authors actually meant concerning God? We invariably put our will first. In the end, do we decide between which interpretations of fellow man to follow rather than what scripture actually says?? Is that not how we end up with so many sects within Christianity where the adherents defend their church rather than the Kingdom? Man often comprehends in ways that suit man. We seek that which pleases us rather than seeking the will of God. Same old original sin.
© ...timothyu
