THE INFALLIBILITY OF THE BIBLE AND ME

Something has been on my mind for quite awhile now so I guess it is about time to get it off my chest. I completely believe the Bible is without error in the original writings. I believe God inspired, or “breathed” them into existence through His ability to have someone write exactly what He wants and yet leave room for the writer’s personality to influence what they write. I absolutely have not a single doubt that the Bible is God’s word to us and can be trusted explicitly. That is a simple explanation of what I feel about the Bible.

Though I stand 100% behind what I just wrote it has occurred to me lately that this concept might not be 100% valid in my life because if I really do believe this about the Bible then how come I don’t live what it says with 100% conviction? Obviously there is a great gap in what the Bible teaches and how I live. There are certain attitudes and characteristics in my life that reflect well what the Bible teaches but there are far too many other places that do not even come close.

So now I find myself caught between a rock and a hard place. I absolutely believe everything I said about the Bible but my actions and attitudes often tell a different story, and this I don’t like. Let me give you one simple example. In Philippians 2:3, 4 it says, “Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.”

Do I believe these two verses are truly the accurate, spoken word of God? Absolutely I do. So then what is the problem? Why do I find it so hard to do exactly what I believe especially when I know beyond any shadow of doubt it is God’s perfect will for me? The problem is I don’t think many of you are more important than me. In fact I don’t think there is anyone more important than me other than the trinity. At least that more accurately tells the truth according to how my life is lived. Maybe the real problem is I don’t believe 100% that the Bible is 100% accurate.

When the Bible says God loves me I bask in His love 100% of the time and there is never any discrepancy between what God says and how I live this. But then I am on the receiving end of this truth. I think this is where I find the largest difference between what I believe and how I live. Truth applied to me from God is easy to wrap myself around but truth from God that calls me to do something is where the rub is.

Do I have an absolute quick fix for this? Lets just say I know what the fix is but once again, doing it is where I stumble. So from now on I think I am going to express my belief in the Bible a little differently. When asked what I believe about the accuracy of the Bible I am going to say it is entirely trustworthy and accurate and can be relied on completely but don’t look at me if you want to see what it teaches lived in my life. I am much more comfortable being a hypocrite than I am being living, Biblical truth.

This tells the truth of what I believe much more accurately, but I do hate being so honest. So what do you believe about the Bible?

See you soon