Rightly Dividing
Who Was The Bible Written To?
I have a question. Now, be careful before you answer. It’s sort of a trick question. Was the Bible written to us, today? The answer is no. It’s proper to say that the Bible was written FOR us, but it was written TO the original, ancient audience.
That’s not to say that the Holy Spirit cannot give us individual insight into a passage. We count on that. But, we must not forget that Scripture was first written to those early recipients. It may sound like I’m nit-picking, but it’s actually an important point. When we study a passage of Scripture and try to understand what the writer is saying, we must first ask: “How did the original readers understand this passage?”
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Romans Chapter 1: The Gospel of GodFor I am not ashamed of the gospel,
for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes,
to the Jew first and also to the Greek. (Rom 1:16)
There is plenty to think about in the first chapter of Romans. For this first posting, I’d like to concentrate on verse 16. I think it’s the culmination [...]
