At the recent Republican debate of mainly 3rd string candidates, a couple of questions were posed that the media uses to discredit Christian candidates. Now, I didn't watch the whole debate, just snippets, but I did hear some of the questions.
First, do you believe every word in the Bible? No, problem. Of course I do! The media types will invariably pull some verse out of context from an Old Testament book like Deuteronomy. The big problem that I see is that there are very few men or women politicians who will stand up and say "yes!".
The next question is do you believe in Creationism? Unfortunately, many Christians don't necessarily believe the account of God's creation that He wrote for us in Genesis. I will always believe what God says about it before I believe what a human says happened. Who is the perfect, all-knowing, all-powerful being who can ALWAYS be trusted to tell the truth? Nope, it isn't Stephen Hawking!
To leave out any confusion, I believe the Bible is the inerrant and holy word of God. I believe in a literal 6-day creation and that it occurred approximately 6,000 years ago. I also believe that Dick Clark was probably there. :)
I'll admit that I don't understand all of the Bible, but that is the short-coming of my imperfect mind that is polluted by sin. We should ask God to give us understanding for that which we don't quite grasp.
Proverbs 2:1-9
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
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