[Faith-talk] is it wrong to question?

[Linda Mentink]

Hi Timothy,

It is not wrong to question the Bible, as long as you do it with a 
heart and attitude that is right before God. Scripture will answer 
Scripture, and most questions can be answered by the Bible. There 
are, however, some things that we won't know until we are with our 
Lord in heaven.

I'm a little vague as to how the 66 books were decided upon as the 
complete Christian Bible, but what is there is believed to be 
inspired by God. Those books left are not believed to be inspired by 
God, and therefore have not been included. They are considered to be 
historical, not God-inspired.

As to the belief that God is in all of us, and just needs to be 
found, that is wrong thinking. God has created us, but God finds and 
chooses us, not the other way around. That puts the responsibility 
initially on God where it belongs. Our responsibility is to answer 
His call to us to be His chosen elect.

John answered well, as did Shiela and Paul. The more you read and 
study the Bible, the more you'll learn. Be careful what books you 
read and believe. Anything that adds to the Bible or goes against it, 
is not to be believed. Read Bible commentaries by Godly men to help 
you understand it, not novels or the Book of Mormon, or any other 
book that says it's more that you need to know about Christ or God. 
The Bible tells us that we are not to add to, or take away from it, 
and that's the only rule to obey where that is concerned. The Bible 
stands alone, and it's all Christians need as the final Word.

Blessings,

Linda

At 01:03 AM 11/14/2012, you wrote:
>folks -
>  this is going to get a lot of people hating what i have to say but 
> let me ask, is it wrong to question the bible? most is going to say 
> yes as it's the wholly word of the lord and I agree but why are 
> their missing texts such as the book of thomas, peeter, mary, and 
> more. I have read the devenchy code by Dan brown. it made me 
> question and then a friend sent me a video about the missing texts. 
> why is the texts missing and why were they band from the 66 texts 
> of the bible? because they said things the roman governor 
> Constantine didn't agree with so they disclosed them. well, more 
> and more of the old texts are being found and compiled into the 
> gnostic bible. i know a lot of you believe gnostics are wrong and 
> even evil. what's wrong with researching the truth? now, in defense 
> of our bibles of today the gnostics believe a bit differently. they 
> believe that god is within you waiting to be found.
>  we accept that god is within us and we search to find the lord within us.
>  that's the gnostics point of view. the regular bible teaches we 
> must accept god and then after that when we die we will be with the 
> lord. now, here's a thought. we accept god into our hearts 
> according to the bible, so in that case the lord is in us. so, 
> where's the difference between the gnostic view verses the orthodox view?
>  anyway, these are thoughts i figured i would share with you. maybe 
> it will make you think about your faith. it did for me. i would 
> like to be perfectly clear, this doesn't make me question my faith. 
> i'm doing research for a greater meaning of life and the lord.
>Timothy
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