When you look at Christian leaders debating indisputable truth attempting to discover new revelation in the Bible they end up with false teachings, false ideologies, false views and counterfeit interpretations. This happened in the OT and NT world, and there is no different today. But is there really a need for Theology? (Erickson, 31). I have asked myself the same question. However, to be honest this is just my flesh talking not my spiritual thoughts. This same concern was addressed by Jesus Christ many time when debating with the Pharisees about their false interpretation and misunderstanding of the Mosaic Law. One example, is the most misunderstood commandment back then; and today is no different “keeping the Sabbath.” The fact, is that this fourth commandment was given to us for focusing on God
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They defined the bearing of a burden from a public into a private place, the carrying out of a burden from the house, and the lifting up and the put down. Then, they developed another set of rules explaning, what constituted a burden? For example, any amount of milk that is enough to swallow, anything havier than a fig, more than enough oil to heal a wound, etc… Therefore, according to Rabbis if one breaked any of these rules one have sinned against God. This is just one example of many misunderstanding and false interpretation by the teachers of the law. Today, the Seventh Day Adventist Church have made the same mistake with the fourth commandment. The point of the story, is that “the god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord” (2 Corinthians 4:4-5). In other words, Theology is the vehicle in which believers of this generation can truly understand the art of Bible interpretation as a practical relfection in ones
They defined the bearing of a burden from a public into a private place, the carrying out of a burden from the house, and the lifting up and the put down. Then, they developed another set of rules explaning, what constituted a burden? For example, any amount of milk that is enough to swallow, anything havier than a fig, more than enough oil to heal a wound, etc… Therefore, according to Rabbis if one breaked any of these rules one have sinned against God. This is just one example of many misunderstanding and false interpretation by the teachers of the law. Today, the Seventh Day Adventist Church have made the same mistake with the fourth commandment. The point of the story, is that “the god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord” (2 Corinthians 4:4-5). In other words, Theology is the vehicle in which believers of this generation can truly understand the art of Bible interpretation as a practical relfection in ones