The Inspired Word of God

The Bible is considered the infallible inspired word of God. It is a concept some find difficult to grasp. There are many denominations claiming differing beliefs from the same word. How can God work so absolutely through an imperfect scribe that each and every word could be claimed to be just as God had wanted?

Many Christians claim that the teachings of Reverend Moon and the Unification Church are not Biblical. I have written often, at various levels on my various blogs, on the Biblical foundations of The Divine Principle; the word of God conveyed by Reverend Moon. The teachings of Reverend Moon grow one’s understanding of the Bible, and of God’s heart and intentions for man. It’s clearly apparent if one keeps an open mind.

The concept of an open mind is not to allow inferior or misconstrued thoughts or beliefs to take root, but to allow one to discern which concept or understandings reflects the heart and mind of God in its truest form. A more correct understanding, or interpretation, should enhance one’s relationship with God and His Will while still being true to the inspired word.

Variations exist in each individual’s understanding of God’s word exactly because it is impossible for imperfect men such as ourselves to receive the precise words of God’s truth. Jesus spoke in parables precisely because of men’s inability to understand God’s truth in its fullest. It is why we each must continually seek out God’s perfect word to the best of our abilities and the understanding that the merits of our age provide.

I would also add that it is not only what has been designated as the inspired word of God that is important in understanding God’s truth, but also what has not been codified by imperfect men as the inspired word of God.

The Old Testament contains 1,200 years of writings. The writings of the New Testament pertain to only the first forty years of the Christian Church.

I have been reading “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” by Edward Gibbons. He is a humanist but the history of the church in the fourth and fifth centuries, when the writings of the New Testament were collected, is a matter of record. A perverse intolerance existed between most Christian factions. The beliefs on the Trinity, and the nature of God and Christ were and are powerful points of contention. To the uneducated mind the differences are of little significance, yet people believed so strongly in their particular sects with their contending views that violence and death often erupted between them.

It was in this environment that the New Testament was codified as the inspired word of God. If any writings that had clearly spelled out one particular view on these points of contention, surrounding the Trinity and other points of doctrine, been chosen to be included in the New Testament then The Divine Principle as received by Reverend Moon would be difficult for anyone to receive.

As it stands, if one approaches The Divine Principle, the revealed word pertaining to not only God’s Providence but His heart, with an open mind it will read true to the modern mind. It reads more true then the interpretations made when man understood the center of the universe to be the earth, worshipped men as gods, and where human sacrifice was not uncommon.

Yes, I believe in the inspired word of God.

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