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Psalm 119:160 (TPT)-The sum total of all your words adds up to absolute truth, and every one of your righteous decrees is everlasting.
Is the Bible filled with contradictions?
That is certainly what many people believe, and what many claim.
Often, however, people confuse a contradiction with a difficulty.
What exactly is a contradiction?
Jason Lisle, in his well-researched book on alleged Bible contradictions, provided these excellent observations about the definition:
“It is always helpful to define any relevant terms at the outset of the discussion. And since our topic involves the concept of contradiction, we must define this term. Two statements are said to be contradictory when one asserts what the other denies. The statement “The sky is blue” is contradictory to the statement “It is not the case that the sky is blue.” Both statements together form a contradiction: “The sky is blue and it is not the case that the sky is blue.” One can turn any statement into its contradictory statement by adding the prefix, “It is not the case that.” In logic, a contradiction is defined as “A and not-A at the same time and in the same relationship or sense.” Here “A” is any truth claim, which in logic is called a proposition. Any given proposition is either true or false. And the contradictory proposition will have the opposite truth value. So, if “A” is true, then “not-A” is false. Conversely, if “A” is false, then “not-A” is true. Therefore, the combination of A and not-A must always be false. The qualifier “at the same time” is very important. It is not a contradiction to say “The sky is blue today, and it is not the case that the sky was blue yesterday” because the two claims address two different times. Some things change with time, so “A” might be true today while “not-A” is true tomorrow.…The qualifier “in the same relationship or sense” is also very important. It is not a contradiction to be “unmarried” in the sense of not having a spouse, and yet “married” to one’s job. The sense of the word is different in the two cases, and so one claim does not deny what the other asserts.…A compatible difference is not a contradiction. There is no contradiction between the claim “the car is fast” and the claim “the car is red.” The claims are different, but compatible since a car can be both fast and red.” (Dr. Jason Lisle, Keeping Faith in an Age of Reason: Refuting Alleged Bible Contradictions, 8-9 (Kindle Edition): Green Forest, AR: Master Books)
What did Lisle conclude after researching 420 examples of alleged Bible contradictions?
“Rather than listing 420 genuine contradictions in the Scripture, the critic has actually given 420 examples of his own incompetence, lack of reading comprehension skills, and lack of critical thinking skills.…Far from disproving the Bible, the critic has actually confirmed what the Bible teaches in Romans 1:18–25…The Christian can rest assured that the Bible really is the Word of God. People have attempted to disprove, destroy, and discredit the text. But they only succeed in destroying their own position. The Word of the Lord endures forever (1 Peter 1:25).” (Dr. Jason Lisle, Keeping Faith in an Age of Reason: Refuting Alleged Bible Contradictions, 235, 241 (Kindle Edition): Green Forest, AR: Master Books)
Build your life upon the Word of God.
Lord, thank You for Your Word. Amen.