Educate yourself about your faith

Well I have had a brain freeze causing temporary terminal laziness. But after I showered and took a nap, it seems that the senses have picked up. I did do some reading, but not enough. I did discover such a wonderful find on the internet. I have been reading inserts of “Treatise on Christian Doctrine” written by Milton in the classroom text. It was discovered in with numerous papers in 1823. I found on a website that deals with the Archives the original version of the translation dated 1825.

https://archive.org/details/treatiseonchrist01miltuof

Even if you are not in the academic community as a teacher or a scholar, this text is worth reading. Why? The main premise is questioning not so much the language translated but some of the commentaries of man. This was written 200 years before it was discovered. I will have to warn hard core King James Version readers of the Bible; this is written off of three specific Bibles: The Geneva Bible 1630, The Latin Bible of Junius and Trevellius, and The Hebrew Bible dated 1625. There were errors in his writing because the error was identical in the Latin Bible and Geneva Bible he used but not the Geneva Bible dated 1593. He was extremely fluent in Italian, Latin, Greek, Arabic and Hebrew. Milton’s intellect was “off the charts.”

You might wonder what all this has to do with Christianity today?  It is a simple answer called Puritanism which was based off of Calvinism. The Puritans were very prevalent in early colonial times in America. They didn’t necessarily bring the King James Bible with them; it was the Geneva Bible that was still very popular. Remember there was not a lot of printing in early colonialism. Printing didn’t come about until the mid 1700s and by then America was already a thriving colony still of England—growing very fast.

This is what I really enjoy about getting an education. It is the opportunity to learn. The questioning is an important issue that all Christians should learn. Question what you are being told about the Bible by others including me! God wanted us to question and to learn which enhances our faith with God. One of my professors couldn’t have said it better: “Understanding the Bible does not come from commentaries because that is someone else’s ideas. Let God guide you in your understanding.”

The biggest question that we can ask God is “What plan do you have for me to promote your words and the work of Jesus?”

“Three days later, they found him in the temple courtyard. He was sitting among the teachers, listening to them, and asking them questions.” (Luke 2:46)

Keep each other in prayer.

God bless you all and keep you safely in His arms.