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Let see what the Bible said about Bible.


Romans 15.4

4."Whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, so that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope."



2Timothy 3.16-17

16."All Scripture is inspired by GOD and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness,

17.that the man of GOD may be adequate, equipped for every good work."




I view the Bible in a certain way. Bible does not have life on its own or introducing some kind of separate secret society or world, the Bible is the Guide, just like a map, GPS, or directional sign.

So according to the verses above the Bible direct and leads people on the path to GOD, and this is the only purpose of the Bible.


Matthew 7.13-14

13."Enter through the narrow gate, the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it.


~ 13. Narrow gate means to live according to Biblical principals and ideals, according to all Spiritual Laws, Statutes, and Ordinances of the Bible which limit a person to a narrow way of life with many restrictions, boundaries, and limits.


What goes through every gate? Some kind of road or path. So in this sense the Bible can be compare also to a Path that goes throw the Narrow Gate which is leading to the Kingdom of GOD and everlasting Life.



14. The gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to Life, and there are few who find it."


~ 14. Yes indeed, the Gate is Narrow and the road to GOD is hard but they lead to Life. The Narrow Gate is designed only for small amount of people to get through and for larger crowd it is very hard to get through the Narrow Gate, so the people naturally choosing a wider Gate and a wider Path through which much easier and much faster to go through, but it do not lead to Life.


The words, "there are few who find it," under this context these words do not mean that it is hard to find a Narrow Gate, because the Bible available today to all, but perhaps mean that very few who chose to get through it, so it is a matter not of search but a matter of choice.

 

I don’t believe the passage from Hebrews is to taken literally... that each Bible is a living organism.

It should be understood as an analogy: God’s Word is powerful and transformative for those who read or hear and understand.

peace to you

 

Briefly, I think the word of God in verse 12 is primarily referring to the same as him with whom we have to do in verse 13.

 

When they say word =/= bible. They are talking about JESUS CHRIST.

 

I was a member of a Baptist church that worshipped the written word. The pastor hoisted the bible in the air multiple times during his never-ending sermons and crying out 'the word, the word, the glorious word of Gawd!!!'. Bibliotry is a alive and well in too many fundamentalist churches.

 

There’s some truth to that. Some try to make the Bible a member of the Trinity, while accusing Catholics of doing the same with Mary.

Seems I’ve seen the same from the Orthodox as they hoist their gilt Bible aloft and proceed around through the iconostasis. Do Catholics not have any such ceremony?

 

When they talk about THE SCRIPTURES......they actually say THE SCRIPTURES.

And more than likely the AUTHORS directly mean the OLD TESTAMENT.

WORD OF GOD is Jesus Christ.


"Is the life in the bible it's own, separate life?"
No. you can't do nothing with a Chinese bible unless you know Chinese.

If thats "VALID" then You can make up your OWN language and then "OOF" means the entire bible written out.

 

Anglicans, Lutherans, and others also draw attention to the reading of the gospel passage. In a Methodist church I recently attended the pastor said: 'Now, in honor of the Lord Jesus, please stand for the reading of the Holy Gospel. In Catholic Churches, the book of the Gospels is raised above the congregation with the words pronounced by the deacon/priest 'The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to _________ with the gospel passage read followed by the sermon based on that gospel passage.

I don't think I have experienced anything that I would consider 'bibliotry' in my own church. Nothing like what I experienced in my Baptist church. Maybe it was an isolated IFB church I attended.

 

Word of God does not mean ONLY scriptures. Peter was not walking around with a King James bible. The disciples didn't go to the local Barnes and Noble a have copies of bibles.

 

So you think the apostles had new testament books?


Simply put you are reading it wrong.

 

"Since the bible is alive, whose life is in it?"

Bible is not alive.