From b02fdb4d705016a6c8e83f9d492b8df7c531b805 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Sl=C3=A1vek=20Banko?= Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 00:23:00 +0100 Subject: Conversion to CMake build system. Remove the generated files from the source tree. Copy translations to a new directory layout. Added translation of .desktop files. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Slávek Banko --- doc/en/howto/unicode/how2-importance.docbook | 311 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 311 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/en/howto/unicode/how2-importance.docbook (limited to 'doc/en/howto/unicode/how2-importance.docbook') diff --git a/doc/en/howto/unicode/how2-importance.docbook b/doc/en/howto/unicode/how2-importance.docbook new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8464528 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/en/howto/unicode/how2-importance.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,311 @@ +Importance of God's Word +Understanding God's word is of great importance to all who call on +God's name. Study of the Bible is one of the primary ways that we learn to +communicate with God. + +A Book that is Unique +The Bible stands alone in many ways. It is unique in: + + + + +popularity. Bible sales in North America: more than $500 million per +year. The Bible is both the the all-time and year-to-year best seller! + + + + +authorship. It was written over a period of 1600 years by 40 different +authors from different backgrounds, yet reads as if written by one. + + + + +preservation. F. F. Bruce in Are New Testament Documents Reliable? +compares New Testament manuscripts with other ancient texts: + + + + +Comparison of New Testament manuscripts with other ancient texts. + + + +Work +When Written +Earliest Copy +Time LapseNumber of Copies + + + +Herodotus +448-428 B.C.900 A.D. +1300 years8 + + +Tacitus +100 A.D.1100 A.D. +1000 years20 + + +Caesar's Gallic War +50-58 B.C.900 A.D. +950 years10 + + +Livy's Roman History +59 B.C. - 17 A.D.900 A.D. +900 years20 + + +New Testament +40 A.D. - 100 A.D.130 A.D. Partial manuscripts 350 +A.D. Full manuscripts 30 - 310 years5000 Greek & 10,000 Latin + +
+Ten copies of Caesar's Gallic War exist, the earliest of which was copied +900 years after Caesar wrote the original, etc. For the New Testament we have +full manuscripts dating to 350 A. D., papyri containing most of the New +Testament from the 200s, and a fragment of John's gospel from 130 A. D. How +many manuscripts do we have to compare to each other? 5,000 in Greek and 10,000 +in Latin! +
Textual critic F. J. A. Hort, "The New Testament in the +Original Greek", vol. 1 p561, Macmillan Co., quoted in Questions of Life p. +25-26"In the verity and fullness of the evidence on which +it rests, the text of the New Testament stands absolutely and unapproachably +alone among other ancient prose writings."
+ + +A Book that God Breathed +Heb.4:12 "For the word of God is living and active... +" Jesus said (Mt.4:4), +"It is written, Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that +proceeds [lit., is proceeding] from the mouth of God." +As we read the Bible, God's Spirit is there to speak it to our hearts in a continually-fresh way. + +2 Tim.3:16 declares, "All scripture is inspired by God [lit., +God-breathed]." Do you believe this? Before you answer, consider Jesus' attitude +toward the Scriptures. +
John R.W. Stott, Christ the Controversialist, +InterVarsity Press 1978, pp.93-95 He referred to the human authors, but took it for +granted that behind them all was a single divine Author. He could equally say +'Moses said' or 'God said' (Mk.7:10). He could quote a comment of the narrator in +Genesis 2:24 as an utterance of the Creator Himself (Mt.19:4-5). Similarly He +said, 'Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written', when what He +went on to quote is the direct speech of the Lord God (Mk.7:6 & Is.29:13). It +is from Jesus Himself that the New Testament authors have gained their +conviction of the dual authorship of Scripture. For them it was just as true to +say that 'God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets' (Heb.1:1) as it was to +say that 'men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God' (2 Pe.1:21). God did not +speak in such a way as to obliterate the personality of the human authors, nor +did men speak in such a way as to corrupt the Word of the divine Author. God +spoke. Men spoke. Neither truth must be allowed to detract from the other. ... + + +This, then, was Christ's view of the Scriptures. Their witness was God's +witness. The testimony of the Bible is the testimony of God. And the chief +reason why the Christian believes in the divine origin of the Bible is that +Jesus Christ Himself taught it.
+ +2 Tim.3:16 goes on, "and profitable for teaching, for +correction, for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be adequate, +equipped for every good work." If we accept that the Bible really is God +speaking to us, it follows that it will be our authority in all matters of faith +and conduct. + + +A Book that Works + +What will studying the Bible do for you? 1 Thess.2:13 says that the Bible +"performs its work in you +who believe." Beside each scripture, write down the work the Word +performs. + + +What does Bible study do for Christians? + + + +Reference +Action + + + + +Eph. 5:26 + +cleanses -- "...having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word." + + + + +Acts 20:32 + + +builds up -- +" +...the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the +inheritance among all those who are sanctified. +" + + + + +Rom. 15:4 + + +encourages -- "that through perseverance and the +encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope." + + + + + +Rom. 10:17 + + +gives faith -- +"So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of +Christ." + + + + + +1 Cor. 10:11 + + +instructs -- +"Now these things happened to them for an example, +and they were written for our instruction" + + + + + +Mt. 4:4 + + +nourishment -- +"But He answered and said, 'It is written, Man shall not live on bread alone, +but on every word that proceeds out of the +mouth of God.'" + + + + +
+ + +A Book that Liberates + +Jn.8:32 "and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you +free."This is usually quoted by +itself. Is this a conditional or unconditional promise? Would it apply to +all kinds of knowledge? Find the answers by examining the first half of the +sentence, in v.31. "If you abide in My word, then you are truly disciples of +Mine... " +We see that this is a conditional promice, specifically speaking of the truth of God's word. + +The Greek word for "wind" used in Eph.4:14 means a violent wind. +"As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by +waves, and carried about by every wind of doctrine..."One +thing studying the Bible does for us is to ground us in the truth, with the +result that we won't be easily "blown away." + +But Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken [KJV Ye do err], not +understanding the Scriptures, or the power of God."Mt.22:29 +What 2 things do we need to know to be kept from error? + +God's word +God's power + + + +A Book that Wars + +Eph.6:10-18 is one picture of our spiritual armament. + +Spiritual Armor + + + +Question +Answer + + +How many of the weapons listed here are defensive weapons?5 +How many are offensive?One +Which one(s)? the word - rhema +
+ + +Exhortations + +2 Tim.2:15 (KJV) "Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly +dividing the word of truth." + + +Col.3:16 "Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you; with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another +with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God." + + +If you're rich in something, how much of it do you +have? + +Not a little! + + +Eccl.12:11-12 "The words of wise men are like goads, and masters of these +collections are like well-driven nails; they are given by one Shepherd. But +beyond this, my son, be warned: the writing of many books is endless, and +excessive devotion to books is wearying to the body." + + +Appendix: "Once for +All" +
+John R. W. Stott, Christ the Controversialist, +InterVarsity Press 1978, pp.106-107 The truth regarding the +finality of God's initiative in Christ is conveyed by one word of the Greek +Testament, namely the adverb hapax and +ephapax. It is usually translated in the +Authorized Version once, meaning once for all. It is used of what is so done as +to be of perpetual validity and never need repetition, and is applied in the NT +to both revelation and redemption. Thus, Jude refers to the faith which was +once for all delivered to the saints (Jude 3), and Romans says, +"Christ also died for sins once for all" +(Rom.6:10, see also 1 Pe.3:18; Heb.9:26-28). +Thus we may say that God has spoken once +for all and Christ has suffered once for all. This means that the Christian +revelation and the Christian redemption are both alike in Christ complete. +Nothing can be added to either without being derogatory to Christ... These are +the two rocks on which the Protestant Reformation was built -- Gods revealed +word without the addition of human traditions and Christ's finished work without +the addition of human merits. The Reformers great watchwords were sola +scriptura for our authority and sola gratia for our salvation. +
+ + +Supplement: Bible Reading +Programs Here are some easy programs to systematically read your +Bible. You can do more than one at a time if you like, for instance #1 with #4, +or #2 with #5. Vary the program from year to year to keep it fresh! + + +New Testament in a Year: read one chapter each day, 5 days a +week. +Proverbs in a Month: read one chapter of Proverbs each day, +corresponding to the day of the month. +Psalms in a Month: read 5 Psalms at intervals of 30 each day, +for instance on the 20th you read Ps.20, 50, 80, 110, & 140. +Psalms & Proverbs in 6 months: read through Psalms and Proverbs +one chapter per day. +Old Testament without Psalms & Proverbs in 2 years: if +you read one chapter a day of the Old Testament, skipping over Psalms & Proverbs, you will read the Old Testament in 2 years and 2 weeks. + + + + + + -- cgit v1.2.1