I know this has probably come up already in debates, but I’m struggling to find a good response from a Christian to this point –
To start, here is a quote by Pastor Richard Land, advisor to George Bush –
"Biblical truth is truth with a capital T...and it should apply to every area of out lives."
Pastor Land says this, and most Christians believe this, mainly because it says so in the bible itself –
Firstly, it says that the bible is the word of God:
- “It comes from God” (II Timothy 3:16)
- “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness…”(2 Timothy 3:16)
- “For it was not through any human whim that men prophesied of old; men they were, but, impelled by the Holy Spirit, they spoke the words of God.” (2 Peter 1:21)
The bible also says that God’s word is perfect, and doesn’t change:
- "The grass withers; the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand forever." (Isaiah 40:8)
- "The law of the Lord is perfect." (Psalm 19:7)
- “God cannot lie” – (Num. 23:19)
- “And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.” (Luke 16:17)
- “My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.” (Psalms 89:34)
- “All his commandments are sure. They stand fast for ever and ever.” (Psalms 111:7, 8)
- “Sin is the transgressionof the law.” (John 3:4)
- “By the law is the knowledge of sin.” (Romans 3:20)
- “I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.” (Romans 7:7)
- “The Bible can only be proven false if God has lied about his word. However, God is always true” (Romans 3:4)
Therefore, the bible is the word and God, and Christians must obey its words.
If this is the case, why aren’t we killing anyone who works on the Sabbath day? :
- "For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must be put to death." (Exodus 31:15)
Why aren't we killing, burning and destroying non-believers? : If a town or place doesn't believe in God the bible says,
- "...you must attack that town and completely destroy all its inhabitants, as well as all the livestock. Then you must pile all the plunder in the middle of the street and burn it."
Why aren't disobideont children killed?:
- "All who curse their father or mother must be put to death." (Leviticus 20:9)
- "For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death." (Mark 7:9-10)
Why are women allowed to talk in church? :
- "Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says. If they want to inquire about something, they should ask thier own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church." (1 Corinthians 14)
- "Let a woman learn in silence with all submissiveness. I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men; she is to keep silent." (1 Timothy 2)
Jesus, the Bible and therefore God commands us to follow the bible, so why aren’t Christians? Why are homosexuals persecuted ("If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death." (Leviticus 20:13), then yet people who work on the Sabbath aren’t? It just doesn’t make sense to me.
If Pastor Land says, “Biblical truth is truth with a capital T.” – then why aren’t Christians following every word of? Surely you can’t just pick which verses to follow, yet say all of the bible’s words are true and written by God – where is the logic?
By Pastor Land’s and many other Christian’s logic, we should all be following all of the bible, therefore we have to kill people who work on the Sabbath, and non-believers, as God says so – its written in the bible in black and white. Remember…. “All his commandments are sure. They stand fast for ever and ever.” (Psalms 111:7, 8)
I’ve heard some Christians say that they don’t follow all of the bible as they aren’t bound by the Old Testament anymore? Why not? It says in the Old Testament that we have to follow it, and it written by God. Therefore we must follow it, as God has told us we must. Surly if you say that parts of the Old Testament are wrong, why isn’t all of it wrong?
However, it can’t be wrong. The men writing it were advised by the Holy Spirit, which can never be wrong. And if you ever doubt it, then Hell awaits you:
- "Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven." Luke 12:10
- "Whosoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have forgivenss, but is guilty of an eternal sin." (Mark 3:29)
So, back to my original question, why do Christians not follow the entire bible, even though it says they must?
