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|  | | What is meant by a verse that is consistent? | |
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| | Some verses contain direct commands from the Lord and can be used as the reference for those commands. | | Some other verses may touch on the command indirectly but show consistency in the way other commands are stated or events are recorded. | | For example assume a verse commands “You must wear a hat.” We can derive from that verse that it is obedience to wear a hat. | | If we find another verse that says “the obedient were wearing hats and ties,” we can see a consistency in the verse, but not a reiteration of the command. We cannot take this as a command to wear either hats or ties, because this is just a statement about those who were obedient, not a requirement of what it is to be obedient. | | If we find “the disobedient were not wearing hats,” we again see consistency without command. There is no requirement to not wear a hat if you are disobedient, or is this statement saying that they were disobedient because they were not wearing hats. Rather we see that someone who is disobedient in one way may also be disobedient by not wearing a hat. | | We remain consistent even if we find “the disobedient were wearing hats.” Here the disobedience can come from other acts while remaining obedient to the wearing of hats. | | We run into inconsistency if we find “the obedient were not wearing hats.” Now our understanding is challenged since it would not be rational to conclude that you must wear a hat and a hat is not required. This inconsistency on the surface may be mitigated by the context of either or both verses. |
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