“Facelift’s” Horrible Hermenuetic

I said a couple weeks ago that the bible may have been written for us but it wasn’t written to us…..and I took some heat for it. I’ve also decided to use stronger rhetoric and I took some heat for that also…Two days ago I discovered by accident a blog that linked my work that proved both of my complaints were legitimate and I couldn’t be happier;

 

“Facelifts” comments in particular are a real intellectual treat…. She/he/it never read my site and had no idea the recent history or even to whom my blog posting was about on that day. This “facelift” committed eisegesis and of course read into things that I didn’t say or even imply as you can see by this persons responses to my article.

 

Facelift had an agenda to push and he/she/it proved this by the way he/she/it massacred my article and missed the whole point… how silly people miss the mark by reading the bible with an agenda….. which of course was the point of my article….and a good reason why I say the things the way I say them.

 

This is how they do Theology today. They have certain agenda’s and make the bible say whatever they want it to say and completely ignore basic hermeneutics like;

 

1). Who wrote the Book or Epistle

 

2). To whom the Book or Epistle is written to

 

3). The culture and history of both the writer and the intended recipient

 

4). The context of the Book or Epistle

 

Facelift didn’t take any of these basic rules of interpretation to my article and instead came up with the following accusations based on he/she/its agenda;

 

1). That I believe and teach poverty over prosperity

 

2). I was “flippant” about Johns greeting to Gaius

 

3). That I don’t believe in praying for others “wellbeing”

 

Now how this person came up with all that from my article is a mystery that only she/he/it can answer…..but an excellent object lesson and I thank this individual for this!  

 

I was also accused of using insulting language like the word silly in my description of Mr. Chee Seng Yeaps misguided interpretation of 3John 2….I don’t think I was insulting Chee Seng because his misuse of 3John 2 as some universal master plan for our financial prosperity was silly…..and almost as silly as “Facelifts” misguided critique of an article he/she/it never understood but used to push an agenda.

 

The bible is full of strong rhetoric. Jesus described the false teachers of His day as blind guides (Matthew 15:14) workers of lawlessness (Matthew 7:23) hypocrites (Matthew 23:13) hirelings (John 10:13) and whitewashed tombs (Matthew 23:27). Paul Jude John Peter and James pulled no punches as well….and I believe we should be just as strong as they were when dealing with people who teach false doctrine.

 

Any thoughts?