Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Do Not Believe Everything You Hear


        On the Internet these days, there are many of this kind of teachings out there. 

        It is unfortunate that we continue to feed on this kind of junk food instead of the solid meat from the Word of God. 

        One can read so many meanings into the Word of God. This is called 'eisegesis' (meaning, reading meanings into the text). It's not necessarily only the Hebrew text, but even the English text, you can find so many so-called "hidden" or "secrets" messages. I call this 'theological rubbish.'

        God's Word, for one, will make it very clear if God wants us to know. Even when Jesus told the parables, He made sure the disciples understood the lessons from these parables. 

        The tragedy is that people speculate too much about the Bible. As Dr Koh Siang Kiang of Singapore Bible Seminary puts it: "The less the Lord speaks about the subject, the more is written or speculated about!"

        Do not believe everything that you hear. Instead, search the Scriptures to see if it is true.

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