The Importance of a Harmonious Bible to Profitable Study
The Importance of a Harmonious Bible To Profitable Study
I. Consider some principles of communication and thought.
A. In order for information to be profitably communicated, it must be in a language common
to source and receiver.
B. Information in written form is virtually useless to an illiterate man and is only useful in a
literate man to the degree that he is able to understand it.
C. Clarity and precision in language best express its intent and facilitate its profitable
reception.
D. Things that...
IV. Consider how other rules of Bible study relate to the rule of No Contradictions.
A. Compare spiritual things with spiritual. 1CO 2:13.
1. This rule is essentially the application of the No Contradictions rule of study. Since every part of Scripture must harmonize with the rest, then comparing Scripture with Scripture must be done.
2. Subjects in the Bible are presented piecemeal (ISA 28:10). Various passages must be collected and compared to get the whole picture. Example:
a. All the particulars for...
. Example: Comparative analysis shows that the world of JOH 3:16 is the world of those chosen in Christ. EPH 1:4; JOH 17:2.
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The ruined race of the present heaven and earth under the headship of the first Adam are called “the world” in ROM 3:19.
The redeemed race under the headship of the last Adam (1CO 15:22, 45) are the heirs of a new heaven and a new earth (REV 21:1) which is called “that world” (LUK 20:34-35).
Why should it be thought a thing incredible that they (the elect) ...