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🗓️ 24 January 2024
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When we disagree with someone about the Bible's teaching, we cannot simply say, "That's your interpretation." In this episode, R.C. Sproul reminds us that serving the God of truth involves a concern for understanding His Word correctly.
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0:00.0 | You have your interpretation, I have my interpretation, we all have our different interpretations |
0:05.8 | in the spite of the fact that they don't agree, that's all right. |
0:09.7 | That produces peace. |
0:14.0 | peace. |
0:15.0 | I don't know how many times in my life, |
0:22.0 | somebody has said to me, after I've given my perspective on a particular |
0:27.7 | biblical passage or something like that, someone has said to me, well that's your opinion or that's your interpretation. Well that's |
0:39.7 | manifestly obvious. Anytime you utter words or any time you state a position or make |
0:46.3 | an assertion or express a conviction you're obviously stating your |
0:50.0 | opinion. You're obviously stating your interpretation. I've often wonder what people mean by that when they |
0:56.7 | say that to me. Are they suggesting that because it's my interpretation it must be wrong because everything that I say is wrong and this is |
1:06.1 | something that I say therefore it must be wrong. I don't think that's what people mean. |
1:11.4 | I don't think they're being nasty or rude when they make a statement like that to me. |
1:18.5 | What are they saying? |
1:19.5 | Well you have your interpretation, I have my interpretation, somebody else says their interpretation, |
1:25.3 | we all have our different interpretations in the spite of the fact that they don't agree, that's |
1:29.1 | all right. |
1:31.4 | That produces peace, but truth is slain in the streets. |
1:40.0 | And as much as I can understand the New Testament, I see on every page a passionate concern for truth. |
1:50.0 | Because God is a God of truth. |
1:54.0 | Thanks for listening to ultimately with R.C. Sproll. |
2:01.0 | To hear more trusted teaching from Dr. Sproll and other gifted teachers, |
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