How to Study Your Bible: Interpretation B
Grace to You: Radio Podcast
John MacArthur
4.8 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | And once you say that something in the Bible is an allegory, |
| 0:03.8 | that is, it is only a symbol of the reality. |
| 0:08.0 | You have just made it impossible to know what that reality is. |
| 0:12.7 | Because if that reality cannot be discerned |
| 0:15.0 | through the normal understanding of language, |
| 0:17.3 | how can it be discerned? |
| 0:19.1 | Welcome to Grace To You with John MacArthur. |
| 0:30.1 | I'm your host, Phil Johnson. |
| 0:31.9 | The story is told of a young man who, |
| 0:33.8 | trying to find God's will for his life, |
| 0:36.4 | decided to open the Bible randomly |
| 0:38.9 | and obey the very first words he read. |
| 0:42.0 | He happened on a phrase in Matthew 27, verse 5, |
| 0:45.2 | then Judas went out and hanged himself. |
| 0:49.0 | Thinking that can't be God's will. |
| 0:51.2 | The young man tried again. |
| 0:52.9 | This time he landed on Jesus' words in Luke 10, 37. |
| 0:56.7 | Go thou and do likewise. |
| 0:59.5 | Well, that's a bit of humor that illustrates an important point. |
| 1:03.1 | Every passage of Scripture has one specific meaning, |
| 1:06.3 | and yet often multiple meanings are recklessly forced |
| 1:10.2 | where they don't belong with profound consequences. |
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