Do Not Meddle With God's Word

Do Not Meddle With God's Word

Quoting Charles Spurgeon . . .

\tTake care my dear friends, how any of you meddle with God's Word. I have heard of folks altering passages they did not like. It will not do, you know, you cannot alter them; they are really just the same. Our only power with the Word of God is simply to let it stand as it is, and to endeavour by God's grace to accommodate ourselves to that. We must never try to make the Bible bow to us, in fact we cannot, for the truths of divine revelation are as sure and fast as the throne of God.

If a man wants to enjoy a delightful prospect, and a mighty mountain lies in his path, does he commence cutting away at its base, in the vain hope that ultimately it will become a level plain before him? No, on the contrary, he diligently uses it for the accomplishment of his purpose by ascending it, well knowing this to be the only means of obtaining the end in view. So must we do; we cannot bring down the truths of God to our poor finite understandings; the mountain will never fall before us, but we can seek strength to rise higher and higher in our perception of divine things, and in this way only may we hope to obtain the blessing. (Sermon 241)

I think at least for myself that are not in agreement with you, we are not meddling in God's words. We are just willing to accept that we do not understand and leave it at that without trying to fit into a particular mold/doctrine or try to propogate the doctrine.

I was not even thinking of that other thread when I posted this...wow. :-(

I would have posted this on that thread if that was the case. This is just simply a good quote.

Ok then :-P