All Scripture Equally Important?

[Ryan Dillard]

Hey guys, I have heard that all scripture is equally important?

So is geneology really as important as say the Ten Commandments?

I know it all originally came from the same source that being - God

Just wanting your take on this subject so please let me know what you think

Thanks for being so helpful, Ryan

[traveller]

Hey guys, I have heard that all scripture is equally important?

So is geneology really as important as say the Ten Commandments?

I know it all originally came from the same source that being - God

Just wanting your take on this subject so please let me know what you think

Thanks for being so helpful, Ryan

The begats and begattin?

Seriously, I think it is as important, because the geneology tells us where we came from, but, more importantly, it tells us that Jesus is who he claims to be.

Have you ever heard the following from Chuch Missler? I'm not familiar with Hebrew so I can't verify it, but he says this:

Adam - Man

Seth - Appointed

Enosh - Mortal

Kenan - Sorrow

Mahalalel - The Blessed God

Jared - - Shall come down

Enoch - Teaching

Methuselah - His death shall bring

Lamech - The despairing

Noah - Rest, or comfort

Meaning, Man appointed mortal sorrow The blessed God shall come down teaching His death shall bring the despairing rest, or comfort.

Source

Anyway, the Lord put a lot of little jewels in scripture. They're all there for a reason. God gave us his word to teach us. It's Survival 101. Literally.

[tah]

2Ti 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

2Ti 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

genealogy was important up to the time of Jesus....

Rom 15:12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.

Isa 11:10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

after that it is not, as we are all, who are His, in Him..One Body...

1Co 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

1Co 15:46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

1Co 15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

1Co 15:48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

1Co 15:49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

The Bible is amazing in all of its history and no matter how many times I read it I feel as though I am reading a new book every time.....

I love it...

[Christian]

I always just took this to imply that all Scripture is valued highly and that there is no "filler" let's say

(* you were just using "geneology really as important as say the Ten Commandments" as an example correct?)

Blessings to you,

His servant,

-CC-

Edited June 2, 2006 by Crusader for Christ

[Smalcald]

It is all important, but it is not all equally important.

The bible has one purpose, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Old Testament looks toward the cross, the New testament explains and looks back at the Cross. Without Jesus Christ and what He did on the Cross, without that the bible has no meaning and no importance. Genesis without Mathew is worthless and incomplete. I can be saved and know my salvation without the geneology of the Old Testament, I cannot have knowledge of being saved without the Gospel accounts in the New Testament.

It all starts and ends on the cross.

[Ryan Dillard]

First of all thanks to all of those who gave there opinions everyone followed through with

great reasons as to why they believe what they said and thats what I was looking for.

(* you were just using "geneology really as important as say the Ten Commandments" as an example correct?)

Yes I was only using it as an example. Genealogies are not worthless nor boring to me, in fact they are interesting.

I know that they tell the story of the connection of Jesus Christ and that is very important in my religion.

Once I heard that "kings don't merely declare themselves but they must belong to a royal bloodline."

2Ti 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Thanks a lot for this verse Tah it has been a big help!

As it reminds me that all scripture has a specific purpose and isin't just there.

Although I am still unsure of the answer to my question your replies have been

much appreciated and have given me more things to consider and think about.

Thanks again for everything- Ryan

[Smalcald]

One way I look at it is to remove parts of the bible, when does our salvation leave? The genealogies certainly start pointing us there, and have a role to play, I don

[Christian]

If someone was left on an Island with no knowledge of our faith and we were told you could only give them one book of the bible, what would we do? Would we say well forget it, it is all or nothing, or would we find one? I think I could be satisfied to leave them the Gospel of John, or the book of Romans. But I would not leave them with just Genesis or the book of Revelation.

This is a very interesting question Smalcald

If you don't mind I'm going to start a thread utilizing it

Blessings to you

Christ's servant,

-CC-

[Ryan Dillard]

That is a great point, yeah but what about to christians than is it considered to be equally important to them?

[Smalcald]

Yes, the genealogy is as important as anything else. It shows fulfilment of o.t. prophecies.

No it is not as important as anything else is. The genealogies don't even come close to being as important as the Gospels. Alone they tell us nothing. If you only read Numbers or Job, or Genesis, and know nothing else and believe nothing else you will go to hell. In fact if you only read the Old Testament and know or believe nothing else you will go to hell. If you ONLY know the Gospel of John and believe the Gospel of John you will have eternal life. How could they be equally important? It is ridiculous to even say that.