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To: mark silvers who wrote (20269)	8/24/1998 8:32:00 AM
From: IN_GOD_I_TRUST	Respond to of 39621

Mark (from Bob), Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, work is really heating up and I have little time at home for the Internet. Anyway, yes it is true that only certain parts of Scripture can be taken literally. Here's an example in paraphrase format - 'though your sins be as scarlet, they will be as white as snow'. In this case what would a literal translation be? The text is telling us that our sins are blemishes on our record and that through Christs sacrifice those blemishes are cleaned by His blood. When reading Scripture we should try a literal translation first, if that does not fit into the context of the entire Bible, then a different interpretation must be sought. This would only be a problem if each concept in the Bible were only taught once, however that is not the case. Each concept is presented many times in different ways, so each reference of a concept can be cross referenced to other verses for validity. I hope this helps. Bob