Faithful Steward Ministries and FSM Women's Outreach

The Internet (XFINITY) was down again yesterday so sending this out 24 hrs. late 🙃

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Two of the great legacies of the Reformation were the principle of private interpretation and the translation of the Bible into the vernacular. The two principles go hand in hand and were accomplished only after great controversy and persecution. Scores of persons paid with their lives by being burned at the stake (particularly in England) for daring to translate the Bible into the vernacular. One of Luther’s greatest achievements was the translation of the Bible into German so that any literate person could read it.

Luther himself brought the issue of private interpretation of the Bible into sharp focus in the sixteenth century. Hidden beneath the famous response of the Reformer to the ecclesiastical and imperial authorities at the Diet of Worms (his trial for heresy) was the implicit principle of private interpretation.

R. C. Sproul Jr., Knowing Scripture (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2009), 36–37.

Biblical Interpretation is for EVERYONE, no matter our level of formal Biblical training should study the Bible diligently to show ourselves approved workmen of God.

In R.C. Sproul’s quote above we seed read a very basic truth about human nature, including Christians. The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. Far too many pew warmers think all the Bible they need comes from their pastor on Sunday morning. They are seriously wrong.

The following is from Hodges Systematic Theology:

I have included the following article even though without full context it may be slightly confusing. The jist is proper Biblical Interpretation is critical to our Faith.

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