I have heard people say that Christians should not read other books about the bible. They say, why should we read what sinful men have written. I heard one man say it is too bad that it took a certain man to write a book about what was already in the bible and people all over the world are reading this particular book about our purpose, (The Purpose Driven Life). I praise God that he has revealed to men of God another way to get the Gospel out there!!!!! Sure there are some religious books we should not read. Any book you pick up, listen for the Holy Spirit to hear if you should continue to read it or if it is error. Everywhere you go you must discern whether something lines up with the word of God or not, not just books. Books are written expressions of thought? Speech is also an expression of thought. You can have godly thoughts or ungodly thoughts. Writing it down does not change it or make it less because it is written. When a preacher or a teacher ministers the word they also are giving you the thoughts of the mind in verbal form. Do you listen to them? All speech and written words should match the Bible.
The Apostle Paul wrote many of the New Testament "letters". He quoted some Old Testament and added some of what the Holy Spirit revealed to him, and it agreed with the whole of the Pentateuch/Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms. What of James, Peter, John, Luke, Mark and Matthew, and the writer of Hebrews?????? These were men of God writing to explain to all of us the ways of God. They were not "sinful" men, They are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. What they wrote was godly, and of God.
Maybe back in their day, some thought they should only read the Old Testament books and stop reading these strange letters/Epistles that these men were writing and having passed around in the churches. Thank God that those letters were passed around and that they should write about the risen Lord and His "revelation" on what the Old Testament said about Him. A letter may go places, that the writer may not be able to go to.
I believe that when you are saved by the Lord Jesus Christ that you are a new creation, He calls us kings and priests, we are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood. We are created unto good works. I believe that we can write books, speak, and do many things that are godly and right and correct. Do we sin? yes, sometimes, but that does not make us so "sinful" that we cannot speak God's Truth.
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We sin, but are not sinful?
We are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. He does not see us as sinful. sinful is for all who have not accepted the gift of Justification. We who are saved may sin, but we are no longer sinful.
Arctic Lady
I did not mean that christians have permission to sin. I meant that a christian is still capable of committing a sin. But he is also able to receive forgiveness of that sin and continue in the righteous of Christ Jesus.
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