Popular Post nobleseed Posted May 29, 2019 Group: Members * Followers: 1 Topic Count: 83 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 341 Content Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 117 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/02/2019 Status: Offline Popular Post Share Posted May 29, 2019 sometimes where it comes to scripture, we christians can overthink a passage or make it more complicated then it is. i often find the simplest answer in any study is the best. i do not think it is the bible thats over complicated but the way we have of looking at things in it. i find it is best to take a text on its merits and to take the passage as it says. i am sure God does not want complex doctrines but rather simple belief and faith in him, yours in christ noblenut 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post missmuffet Posted May 29, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,992 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,690 Content Per Day: 11.78 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Popular Post Share Posted May 29, 2019 10 minutes ago, noblenut said: sometimes where it comes to scripture, we christians can overthink a passage or make it more complicated then it is. i often find the simplest answer in any study is the best. i do not think it is the bible thats over complicated but the way we have of looking at things in it. i find it is best to take a text on its merits and to take the passage as it says. i am sure God does not want complex doctrines but rather simple belief and faith in him, yours in christ noblenut I think you are right. Some of the posts and answers to posts are so long and complicated that they make my head spin. That must be very frustrating and confusing for the new believers. It is basically: John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael37 Posted May 29, 2019 Group: Servant Followers: 21 Topic Count: 244 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 6,997 Content Per Day: 3.28 Reputation: 4,915 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/05/2018 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/23/1954 Share Posted May 29, 2019 13 minutes ago, noblenut said: sometimes where it comes to scripture, we christians can overthink a passage or make it more complicated then it is. i often find the simplest answer in any study is the best. i do not think it is the bible thats over complicated but the way we have of looking at things in it. i find it is best to take a text on its merits and to take the passage as it says. i am sure God does not want complex doctrines but rather simple belief and faith in him, yours in christ noblenut Aha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who me Posted May 29, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 17 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,300 Content Per Day: 1.71 Reputation: 1,686 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/27/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted May 29, 2019 3 hours ago, noblenut said: sometimes where it comes to scripture, we christians can overthink a passage or make it more complicated then it is. i often find the simplest answer in any study is the best. i do not think it is the bible thats over complicated but the way we have of looking at things in it. i find it is best to take a text on its merits and to take the passage as it says. i am sure God does not want complex doctrines but rather simple belief and faith in him, yours in christ noblenut One of the amasing things about the gospel is that it can be explained in terms that very young chilkdren can understand it, but also in terms that intellectuals and evryone in between can understand it. I like to refer people to sites like coldcasechristianity for very simple explainations of the gospel etc or to the reasonablefaith site for more complex and logical discussion of the gospel, while sites like answersingenesis give a wide range of accounts and explanations. One cause of problems is the taking of verses out of context and of not reading the whole passage. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debp Posted May 29, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 52 Topic Count: 1,025 Topics Per Day: 0.15 Content Count: 12,350 Content Per Day: 1.80 Reputation: 16,383 Days Won: 92 Joined: 07/19/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted May 29, 2019 I also like a simple faith and walk in Jesus. I know some are gifted in explaining many complicated Scriptures but for me, I keep things more simple. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firm Foundation Posted May 29, 2019 Group: Mars Hill Followers: 4 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,280 Content Per Day: 1.22 Reputation: 854 Days Won: 2 Joined: 03/31/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted May 29, 2019 4 hours ago, noblenut said: sometimes where it comes to scripture, we christians can overthink a passage or make it more complicated then it is. i often find the simplest answer in any study is the best. i do not think it is the bible thats over complicated but the way we have of looking at things in it. i find it is best to take a text on its merits and to take the passage as it says. i am sure God does not want complex doctrines but rather simple belief and faith in him, yours in christ noblenut I agree that we can over complicate things. One way some do that is with systems of interpretation like hermeneutics. What is supposed to give us proper understanding often times alters the meaning. Read the Bible and let the Holy Spirit lead you into all truth. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortangel Posted May 29, 2019 Group: Senior Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 48 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 839 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 634 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/12/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted May 29, 2019 that is so true good points here 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnthebaptist Posted May 29, 2019 Group: Non-Conformist Theology Followers: 6 Topic Count: 118 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4,361 Content Per Day: 2.30 Reputation: 2,109 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/25/2019 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/03/1953 Share Posted May 29, 2019 9 hours ago, noblenut said: sometimes where it comes to scripture, we christians can overthink a passage or make it more complicated then it is. i often find the simplest answer in any study is the best. i do not think it is the bible thats over complicated but the way we have of looking at things in it. i find it is best to take a text on its merits and to take the passage as it says. i am sure God does not want complex doctrines but rather simple belief and faith in him, yours in christ noblenut Yes, I think "Do not steal" means "Do not steal." 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProGoddess Posted May 30, 2019 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 15 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 19 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/03/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted May 30, 2019 I agree with all mentioned. Keep things simple. When Jesus was on earth, He went around healing the sick, casting out demons, performing miracles and preaching the Word. Everything was simple. When He was ministering to the people (tax collectors, the lame, harlots, the poor, the sick, and many others) whom in those days were considered as outcast, all of them understood Him. Those people were not highly educated scholars or philosophers, or ones who had high social status; unlike the pharisees who presumably who held high stature in knowledge of theology and understood the Torah back-to-back did not understood and rejected the Living God standing in front of them. Jesus's teaching is always simple and clear. Look at the parables illustrated in the Bible for instance, they get clearer and fresher each time I read them. I really like how the Lord always give simple instruction. Whether if it is for children or grown-ups or anyone, His Word is always clear and precise. It is us who are the ones that make it complicated by our own assumption and misinterpretation that result in the distortion in the teaching of the Bible. As we read His Word, be still and let the Holy Spirit minister to us. I like it this way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobleseed Posted May 30, 2019 Group: Members * Followers: 1 Topic Count: 83 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 341 Content Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 117 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/02/2019 Status: Offline Author Share Posted May 30, 2019 19 hours ago, Firm Foundation said: I agree that we can over complicate things. One way some do that is with systems of interpretation like hermeneutics. What is supposed to give us proper understanding often times alters the meaning. Read the Bible and let the Holy Spirit lead you into all truth. yes, this is the problem i am with revelation where people interpret things beyond what is written 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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