When Han Mader heard Mai Ke say this, he immediately fell into a state of great confusion, and hurriedly stood up again and said to Mai Ke: "I want to hear it in detail." ”

Mai Ke also stood up and said: "Brother Han, don't worry, let me slowly tell you my understanding, whether you agree or not, whether you accept it or not is another matter, we can put it aside for the time being, come and come, sit down!"

The two sat down, ate a few fruits, drank a little water, and continued the conversation on the topic just now.

Mai Ke knew that it is not an obvious question of what scriptures to base one's faith on, but it is related to the most fundamental nature of faith.

This matter can only be relied on by oneself, and what others say can only play a role of inspiration and guidance, and if it is not mastered well, it is easy to arouse the disgust of the listeners, and in fact it plays the opposite role.

The reason why people do not have a clear understanding of this problem is that the person concerned thinks that his or her opinion does not have to rely on any classic, or someone's point of view or position.

Mai Ke has analyzed that this is actually impossible, because man is a member of a group and the existence of a stage of history, and everything he does appears and exists under the condition of that group and that historical stage, rather than coming out of thin air.

Sun Wukong still jumped out of the stone, and he couldn't jump out without this stone, let alone people?

Therefore, as the most important characteristic of human beings, such things as thoughts and opinions, all have their origins.

These sources are either classics, or a synthesis of other people's opinions, or a summary of one's own practice, and the last two of these three sources are actually on their own. It is to see whether the synthesis is comprehensive and correct, and whether there is one's own correct practice.

The first one is related to one's own subjective identification, but the key is to see if there is such a classic, and how much influence the provider of this classic has on people.

"The basis and basis of the Christian faith is the Bible, and according to God's own revelation, the Bible is inspired by God. This makes it possible to say that the actual author of the Bible is God Himself.

What is inspiration? It is God communicating his word to his chosen people in a variety of ways, through prophets and apostles. There are different ways of such inspiration. Including dreams, prophecies, and peaks are the incarnation of Jesus. Speak God's will directly to your audience.

All these revelations are the will of the Father, the result of the work of the Holy Spirit, and the object of the revelation is the Lord Jesus. Tell those who believe in God. The Lord Jesus is the only Savior. Only through Him can we be saved, only by entering into the inner presence of Jesus can we enter the Kingdom of Heaven, and only by being with the Lord Jesus forever. to have eternal life. ”

Mai Ke said this in one breath, took a sip of water, waited for Hammed to digest and feedback, and he told him the nature of the Bible in its entirety, whether he could accept it or not, depending on God's will, relying on the Holy Spirit to work.

That is, if God had not chosen him, He would not have accepted the Bible as the only foundation of faith, and even if He had chosen, the Holy Spirit could have not yet enlightened him because the time God had set for him had not yet come.

This is the manifestation of God's predestined God's sovereignty in a person's life, and at any time, Mai Ke cannot impose his will on God and set a timetable for God.

"How do I know that the Bible is inspired by God and not some other scripture?" Hammed was still confused.

"I think Brother Han has chosen your scriptures as the basis for his beliefs, and maybe there are some other points of view as the basis, this is the status quo, and I am quite sure that Brother Han agrees that this is all predestined by God, these two points are correct, right?"

Mai Ke said this, of course, based on his conclusions after extensive research on Hummed's religious beliefs, and of course this is also a high degree of generalization, not a detailed analysis.

"Yes, but does this have anything to do with the affirmation that the Bible is God's revelation and the only scripture?" Hammed continued to ask, building on his two generalizations affirming Mai Ke.

Since we believe in God's predestination and God's sovereignty, we know that our faith is also in God's control, predestined by God, and the Holy Spirit is carried out according to God's predetermined plan at the appointed time.

Thus, we recognize that the Bible is God's revelation, the only scripture, what God tells us, and an essential part of God's work. Mai Ke concluded.

"Well, I understand what you said. But I still have a question: how do you know that God has not revealed it to others, and that the other scriptures they rely on are also inspired by God?"

Hammed is clearly referring to the scriptures he studies daily, but he also shows that he has the same doubts about other scriptures.

Mai Ke Ha smiled and said, "In fact, this is the most common problem, many people think that their scriptures are God's revelations, at least one of them. I'm going to talk about my understanding now, and the idea of why I can't do anything is untenable.

First, we all agree that only God is right and absolutely right, and that the devil is the devil who is opposed to God, and they are totally wrong, and in the middle of that there are all kinds of possibilities.

There may be a mixture of right and wrong, there may be a mixture of right and wrong, but it is more likely that it is only partial and partially correct for the opposite purpose of God, and it is more likely that it is only a partial and partial truth that claims to be the whole truth, and there are those who regard some practical wisdom as basic truths, which cannot be changed and cannot be flexible, all of which are not the whole truths revealed by the Bible.

But the Bible is different, for it is the total revelation of God about Himself and His will, as an indivisible whole, to all His children, who are not individually, but a collective, the church.

In this way, the Bible itself also establishes the standard of truth. ”

Therefore, the second point is to discern from the first point that all the scriptures and viewpoints outside the Bible are not divine revelation, they are not scriptures that can be used as true beliefs, and they are not the only scriptures.

The first phenomenon, which is inconsistent with the Bible, is clear, that it is not the scriptures of God, and that all who wish to be children of God certainly exclude them from their own foundation of faith.

The second phenomenon, which is consistent with the text of the Bible, but the user says that it is another revelation, is actually a lie, because God does not repeat what He has already revealed like man, especially with the supreme revelation of Jesus, and also repeats the previous early revelations.

If this is the case, why not return to the Bible and start your own is obviously a matter of motivation.

And the most fundamental reason for people who have such a misunderstanding is that they do not know the basic attributes of God, that God is faithful, that God is consistent, and that it is impossible to do contradictory things. ”

After hearing this, Han Mader said, "Thank you, Mai Ke! What you said is something I have never heard of, let me think about it." (To be continued......)