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Do you agree with the lecturer that a person must be a born-again Christian in order to understand the Bible? Give reasons for your answer.
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To understand yes but to apply the general principles of the bible I don’t believe that one has to necessary be a Christian to do that. Case in point, the world for decades has monetized biblical principles and passed them off as “original thought” and use them to build world systems. Ecclesiastes 11 talks about a method of trade and diversification of assists. Sounds like financial planners of today to me. In Exodus 18 Jethro told moses to appoint able men over groups of people, sounds like corporate structure.
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Yes because the word says spiritual only can be understood spiritually
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Absolutely yes. I do see some with a lot of head knowledge, and no application. However, the Bible is God’s inspired word (2 Tim 3:16). In several places we can find where Jesus has spoken in ways that we need His understanding to interpret correctly. The parables were a great example with the apostles having to seek out meaning. In surrendering our lives to Christ, He indwells our spirit with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will guide and direct us (John 16:13).
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Absolutely. Scripture supports this view through Jesus’ words during His earthly ministry that only those who have ears will hear the truth of His message, a point He makes repeatedly. And we see in the account of Philip and the Ethiopian official in Acts 8, for example, where Philip interprets scripture for him, then he asks to be baptized as an outward display of his understanding and acceptance of the Gospel. Our acceptance of salvation and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit gives us hunger and means to feed ourselves spiritually by understanding how to feast on the “meat” of the Bible.
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The Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:21), therefore to fully understand the Bible one has to be in-dwelt by the Holy Spirit. It is possible to understand the Bible from a purely academic point of view, but to understand the spiritual truth needs prayer and dependence on the Holy Spirit, whose mind we should seek.
