了解聖經 Understand the Bible

馬克土溫，是一位比我們多數人更誠實面對自己的問題的人。 他聽過人們抱怨聖經難以理解；不過他說：他對於聖經裏，他能了解的部分的困擾，更勝於他不能了解的那部分。
Mark Twain, who was more honest about his troubles than most of us are about ours. He had heard people complain that the Bible is hard to understand. But he said he was bothered more by the parts of the Bible that he could understand than by the parts he could not understand. ** Roger L. Shinn

不解 Misunderstanding

Misunderstanding 有兩種定義 :

1. 無法正確的理解某些事物。

2. 異義爭執。

William Barclay 在Daily Bible Stud中提到了有關所謂真理的misunderstanding，因為他自認對真理有所了解，所以對於有爭執的另一方，他認為他們是無法正確的理解真理；只要還有誤解，就是不解。

他認為無法正確的理解真理的原因有兩個：

1. 是還沒開竅。

2. 是不願開竅。

對於還沒開竅的原因，是因為那個人還沒有足夠的知識和經驗去意識到什麼是真理。William Barclay認為我們應該儘可能的向他解釋說明，使他能夠消化，了解。

至於不願開竅的人，他認為是明眼瞎子，無解。

有人自認願意開竅，不知為何仍然不解？關鍵在於有無追求。

有人認為“你有你的真理，我有我的真理”，事實上是他還沒有開竅。

“有兩種不解：一種人的不解，是因為他沒有達到某種程度的知識與經驗，去明白真理；一個人若是在這種情況下，我們必須盡可能的向他解釋，使他能夠了解那給予他的知識。還有一種人的不解，是由於不願意明白；這樣的看不見，是由於不願意看見。人可以故意關閉他的心門，因他不想接受真理。

There are two kinds of misunderstanding. There is the misunderstanding of the man who misunderstands because he has not yet reached a stage of knowledge and of experience at which he is able to grasp the truth. When a man is in that state our duty is to do all that we can to explain things to him so that he will be able to grasp the knowledge which is being offered to him. There is also the misunderstanding of the man who is unwilling to understand; there is a failure to see which comes from the refusal to see. A man can deliberately shut his mind to truth which he does not wish to accept.”