If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is
given me to you-ward: How that by revelation he made
known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, Whereby,
when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ.
Ephesians 3:2-4
It
has been said many times by the various religious groups that the source of
their difference is that they just don’t understand the Bible the same way.
This is presented as an answer that you should accept. If you were to object to
their truth on this matter, you would simply be intolerant. So, if there are
many different peoples believing many diverse things about the Word of God, we
must answer the question, “Can we all understand the Bible alike?”
It
is not up to me to say so; it is up to God. We must always look to the Word for
all answers when it comes to matters of faith. Paul wrote in his epistle the
dispensation of the grace which God gave him. He added that by revelation God
made known the mystery. God breathed through His Spirit the revelation and
inspired Paul’s pen to record it. Once he recorded it, he intended the
Ephesians to read it, and once they read it, there was a result. The inspired
Apostle said, “Ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ.” This
statement certainly contradicts the statement: we do not understand the
Bible alike and that is okay.
In
all truth, there is only one way to understand a thing correctly. Any person
can realize that a proposition cannot be both true and false at the same time.
So there must be agreement in understanding. While you can misunderstand the
Bible many different ways, all who understand the Bible, understand it
correctly-and any other view is a misunderstanding. Let me put it another way:
there are only two standings, understanding and misunderstanding. The Lord has
said you can understand, so take a wild guess who is the source of
misunderstanding (cf. Jn 8:44).
Grace
and Peace,
Ryan
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