I hate the "what-if" game. With a burning passion i hate it.
My wife loves the "what-if" game.
The "what-if" game is when you take one scenario and say, "What if this happened?" or "What if that happened?" My wife likes to do this to an extreme, such as, "What if...the car explodes and pieces fly all over the place and a little kid gets hurt?"
To which i reply, "What?"
Anyways, i don't doubt you know someone who plays this game, or even better, you yourself is a player of such game.
Because i love my wife, i have learned to tolerate this game, but there is one time i absolutely hate this game:
When it comes to theology.
You hear it a lot more these days. "What if Jesus said this?" Or "What if Jesus meant this?" Or "What if the Bible is really saying this?" Or my personal favorite, "What if that's not what the Bible says?"
It is so imperative that we read our bibles. Don't know what Jesus said or didn't say? Read your Bible. Not sure what exactly one passage means? Read the whole book. Not sure what the book is talking about? Read the whole Bible. Not sure what the whole Bible is saying? Check your christian pulse and see if you're really saved. Seriously.
God repeatedly says, "I AM THAT I AM, I AM the LORD I change not." He very clearly he never changes. In John 1:1 he very clearly states that He is His Word. So if the Bible is supposed to be "God's Word," why do we not read it and devour it?
There is no room for the "what-if" in theology.
Today we live in a post-modern world, where no one can no absolute truth. Well, while that's what the world tells us, I beg to differ. God gave us His Word, His promises and salvation. It's all there, just read it.
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here's some food for thought, man. kick it around and let me know what you think. the "what-if" game has it's uses. take the eucharist, for instance. is it just a memorial to what Christ did? just to help us remember what christ did? "what-if" something really happens? what if the bread and wine really do become the body and blood of Christ?
the what if game is a legitimate means of interpreting the bible. reading the bible cover to cover doesn't make it easier to understand. sometimes we need to ask what if.
the "what-if" game is a very dangerous way of interpreting the Bible, because it can cause you to insert your own opinion.
As far as your Eucharist example, look at the way Jesus always talked and taught. When he told Nicodemus to be born again, he didn't mean it physically but spiritually. When he named Peter Cephas, he didn't really become a rock. Same thing here. Not actual blood and flesh, but spiritual.
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