Prophet For Hire is back to blogging.
God kicked me in the tail and “encouraged” me to get back to the blog. However, the focus is much different this time. The primary theme is relationship with God and others. Relationship is the main point of scripture and the reason we exist. IMHO, the traditional church system is not the ideal place to learn how to relate to God. That may come as a shock to some but not all. As time goes by, we’ll discuss the system while focusing on relationship.
One thing I will no longer be writing, unless God kicks me in the head, is Bible studies.
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As a longtime Reformed pastor and Bible teacher I would beg to differ from Prophet for Hire in his assertion that “the point of Scripture is relationship”. In one sense you could say this was partly true. But it would be far truer to say that the point of Scripture is obedience (to it).
It might seem a small point, but in this age of errant and gullible Christians and those who interpret scripture without ‘standing on the shoulders’ of those who went before (i.e. the historic church) but one that could mislead.
I have to agree (to a point) with Pastor Clover in that I disagree with Prophet for Hire in his assertion about the main point of Scripture. On the other hand, I disagree with Pastor Clover’s “truer to say” also. I believe that the main point of Scripture is God. It tells us who He is, what He wants, how we can be in relationship to Him. It is about Him and His glory. That includes relationships with each other and with Him. That includes obedience. But I suspect that the moment we shift from “Him” to “us” as the primary focus — even if it’s “we need to be obedient” — we’ve made a dangerous shift.
I kind of think saying the “point of scripture” is like saying “the point of marriage.” The point of marriage is to have children (be fruitful and multiply). And the point of marriage is to learn about service (men) and submitting our will (women).
And the point of marriage is to learn by proxy about the relationship between Christ and the church.
If I had to pick only one thing to call the point of scripture, I’d say that it’s to reveal God to us, so that we can glorify Him and enjoy Him forever. But that includes obedience and relationships and a whole host of other things. Luckily, I don’t have to pick only one thing.
I think scripture is the original multi-tasker – long before we ever thought about computers, scripture via the Holy Spirit was doing many things simultaneously. Or maybe that should be, the Holy Spirit, via scripture.
Maybe I should have another cup of coffee.
I once thought as Peter, except for the Reformed part (you’ll never Calvinize me!) and I use to be KJV Only back in the day which I’m sure he never was, in that the point of Scripture was obedience to it, but study and experience has taught me otherwise. When the Father’s goal for us is to be conform us to the image of His Son, that means He desires the same intimate relationship with us that He has with the Son; although, I’m pretty sure that doesn’t include becoming the fourth member of the Quadrinity or whatever you’d call it. Consequently, if His goal is relationship, it’s at least worth looking at Scripture from that perspective.
I apologize profusely for the misspellings in the previous comment. I hope this doesn’t remove me from the chosen.