That’s Your Interpretation!
When you want to read a book which was written in French, but you don’t know French, what do you do? You find an interpretation of the French book into a language you know. An interpreter copies the meaning of something from one language into another language. But can you imagine taking a translation of, say Alexandre Dumas’ Three Musketeers, and then saying, “Well, that’s just his interpretation!” To say that implies that the interpreter did not do a good job, that he gave his opinion instead. A good interpretation is dependable because it based on a solid work that can be checked. A newspaper doesn’t need to be interpreted. You can read the information and form conclusions about the facts presented. The Bible is much the same way.
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When you want to read a book which was written in French, but you don’t know French, what do you do? You find an interpretation of the French book into a language you know. An interpreter copies the meaning of something from one language into another language. But can you imagine taking a translation of, say Alexandre Dumas’ Three Musketeers, and then saying, “Well, that’s just his interpretation!” To say that implies that the interpreter did not do a good job, that he gave his opinion instead. A good interpretation is dependable because it based on a solid work that can be checked. A newspaper doesn’t need to be interpreted. You can read the information and form conclusions about the facts presented. The Bible is much the same way.
Click the link above for the full sermon.