Bible
is divine revelation
Sir,
Why call
the autonomy report a political Bible?
The Bible is Divine Revelation and to
compare it with a political document is
tantamount to blasphemy. (Refer
"Autonomy report is a political
Bible for us". Shah - Daily
Excelsior May 7).
In his
second Epostle to Trimothy (Tim 3:16-17)
Saint Paul says: "All scripture is
inspired by God and useful for teaching
for reproving, for correcting, for
instructing in justice, that the man of
God may be perfect, equipped for every
good work."
The
subject of inspiration is of such
essential importance that the fathers of
vatican 11 took special note of it in the
Document on Divine Revelation. Again
therein we read: "Those divinely
revealed realities have been committed to
writing under the inspiration of the Holy
spirit for holy mother, Church, relying
on the belief of the Apostles, holds that
the books of both the old and new
testament in their entirety, with all
their parts, are sacred and canonical
because, written under the inspiration of
the Holy Spirit, they have God as their
author and have been handed on as such to
the Church herself. In composing the
sacred books, God chose men and while
employed by Him they made use of their
powers and abilities so that with Him
acting in them and through them they as
true authors, consigned to writing every
thing and only those things which He
wanted.
Therefore,
since everything asserted by the inspired
authors or sacred writers must be held to
be asserted by the Holy spirit, it follow
that the books of the scripture must be
acknowledged as teaching solidly,
faithfully and without error that truth
which God wanted put into sacred writings
for the sake of salvation. Therefore, all
scripture is divinely inspired and has
its use for teaching the truth and
refuting error for reformation of manners
and discipline in right living so that
the man who belongs to God may be
efficient and equipped for good work of
every kind.
My simple
and plain questions to Mr. Gulam
Mohi-ud-Din Shah are - Is the Autonomy
report divinely inspired? Has its use for
teaching the truth and refuting the
error? Is the report for reformation of
manners and discipline in right living?
Does the report equip man for good work
of every kind?
I would
suggest to the Deputy Chief Minister of
my State simply look before you leap and
not to play with the religious sentiments
of the Christian community. However, I
end up with the prayer which my Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ made to His father
in Heaven. "Father forgive them for
they knoweth not what they do."
Yours
etc...
P.K. Joseph Dhar
Bureau Chief
South Asian Religious
News Jammu.
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