Yeah i agree most people will interpret the verses differently, that why i also get confused when i ask different people. Anyhow, i will keep your advice in mind while reading.

You should try to understand what Gasout means, he's not saying God's word can be intepreted in different meanings (heretical) as he gave an example to what he means.

People have different situations in their life but the verse that speaks to him "Be Still and know that I am God" can be a love letter to him that ministered him as well as to other people of different situation.

I disagree that you said the Bible is not a love letter from God, it is.

On a site note; There are people who study theology but not christians themselves. They too depend on contextual, geographical, historical, cultural, linguistical hermeneutics and that can be a problem without the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 2:4 (NKJV) - And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

1 Corrinthian 13-14 (NIV) - And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.…

To me it becomes a problem when one intepret the Bible based on just historical, cultural, lingustic or even just contextual alone, what I'm trying to say is that the Bible are not just historitcal text they are of spirit that is able to speak to different people in various different situation, I believe this was what gasout was trying to convey.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord , thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/jer.29.11.NKJV

What he said is not important, he seem to throw verses at people, fault finding all the time.

I agree whole heartedly with you, God's words cannot mean something it doesn't say. But there is something I wanted to say with regards to this.

Jesus have repeatedly said...He is not of this world, meaning He doesn't originate from this world and Jesus also repeatedly said; his kingdom is not of the world's kingdom. Jesus also said Whoever has seen Him also has seen the Father.

So it reason to understand Our Father in Heaven is not Jewish. Though Jesus was born as a Jew but his origin is not Jewish, He was born by the power of God's Holy Spirit, originally a spirit being, who was always God and never a Jew before the virgin birth. There is a reason why God chose Israel and I don't believe they were chosen because God's pattern of thought is Jewish origin or Jewish way of thinking. 

I find it uncomfortable the saying God's word must be understood in historical, cultural, lingustic and contextual intepretation of jewish understanding because it can fall dangerously back to mere human intepretation rather than by God's spirit.

Though I perfectly understand why we need to look at the Jewish settings in understanding God's word (some granted) but I think we need to understand God's word by understanding God as He and His Kingdom's perspective as per originally Heaven's perspective which is not Jewish's origin at the core.

I think it would be right to look at the entire sermon of what was preached to judge fairly. Too often we see negative criticism thrown on the internet against pastors that are selective snippet of what was said.

If God does not give you hope in life or if you believe God will not involve himself in your troubles of life, then where do you place your hope then?

Same thing I would ask of you, if God's truth is something that's confine only to Jewish culture, how do you approach a Chinese or a Tamil in the sharing the Gospel when the person say it's not relevant to his culture and in the person's defense it's just a jewish religion, doesn't apply to him or her?

I disagree.

Why do you need hope in heaven when it's already heaven?

If truly God's proclaimation of hope is only in heaven, there's no need for Him to minister the people on earth, He should just let them continue to suffer as they were.

For me it's not right to use death as something to negate what God promise because everyone has their beginning and end in the book of life so how death come would not matter. This is how I divide where death and God's promise is concern.

I don't know why we always see death as something diminishing as if life is over.

Firstly, No. nothing to what you are implying.

Yes God promise hope and future but doesn't mean there will not be trouble. Jesus clearly said we will have trouble as Christians in this world because till this day, the devil still seeking whom he may devour.  If any Christians can be easily devoured, the devil don't have to seek, just easy picking anytime anyday. Hope you get me. It defeats the purpose to say hope is only for heaven. It's already heaven, what hope do you need there?

But fact remains, God uttered the word hope and future because there are people God has watched over that the devil find hard to devour.

I find that to say God is glorified wehn we are sick and dead to be troubling. No where do I find any verse supporting that. I think it's more accurate to say God is glorified when we suffer being persecuted for his name sake. That is blibical and supported by scripture. Death even but under persecution. That is legitimate as it is recorded. But no where do I find in scripture God glory in our sickness or death, that to me is just man's saying, never God.

So if there are Christians who live long, healthy and good life, do you deny God brought heaven on earth for those who are blessed? Now I'm not minimizing Christians who are suffering but can you take Christians who are suffering as the default theology over those that God blessed? Why do we not see and understand when God say..According to your Faith so it shall be? We are blessed or curse by the words of our own tongue. When one belives that God glory in our sickness, I'm afraid that is a curse brought upon ourselves and not by God.

If only I can bring in the example of the 12 spies sent to report on the promise land, what happened to them is basically an example for all of us. When we don't believe in what God says, it's to our own demise.

I concur with unknown warrior.

Bible is a book of good news. Not sorrow struggles and sadness. Yes there are. But the overall theme is God has some great news for you.

Being Christian again is very difficult. Try fulfilling all words by God. It's very difficult. Choosing to be Christian doesn't promise a sweet life. Carrying the cross is difficult. Putting down oneself is difficult.

I believe in hope. What's life if there's no hope.

And indeed Jeremiah 29:11 states well God has good plans for everyone. But up to us to choose to lead the lives we want and ultimately the consequences of it.

I can't understand if one says hey read Jeremiah but it has nothing to do with you, it's just historical book, you know. Nothing personal here. After reading, you may move on to the next page. We may as well read civilization history books.

Bible isn't just any book. It has everything to do with you.

I think this has to do with what different school of thoughts on God's sovereignity, predestination and matters related to this.

For me I see while it's true there will be trials but the demise of the trials like sickness or accident are never God's. It's usually the devil.

This can be seen in the incident with Job. We are given insight in this. There is a reason why matters relating to Satan is revealed in the Bible, It help us to understand who God is.

The devil wanted to inflict pain & suffering on Job, God never said he wanted this, the devil wanted this. Even in the NT there are enough warnings with regards to the one who kill, steal and destroy.

The nature of God has always been to give life, never death, in fact God calls death as enemy. If death is called an enemy, it would contradict God to give something to his children that will end up in death prematurely. And if you read the Bible, there's a phrase in Hebrews 12:9

Hebrews 12:9 (NKVV) - Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?

The phrase there live would also contradict the notion God gives us sickness that end up in death prematurely. There's no lesson to be learn in the chastening in this case.

I do think it is important to correctly attribute which is which under the New Covenant.

how is it God knows everything and have perfect plan for us, yet some didn't have a good life in the same time God knows all these things will happen. I had to tell him the bigger good of His plan and most importantly it's the choices in life that we must bear consequences. Anyway, my friend wasn't keen to accept a God who may cause death in some people in order to reveal the greater Good. (But his intention has been not to know Christianity but to put down in every manner which means his heart isn't ready. We'll discuss again when his intention is right).

Thank you for your explanation in this matter. God bless.

Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and  be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”

Revelation 21:1‭-‬4 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/rev.21.1-4.NKJV

But you must be aware, everyone will claim that God has opened their minds to understand scripture... lol...

What I disagree is the saying God gets the glory for people to "remain" in suffering, where nothing happens.

Quite a long story but I will try my best to simplify it here.

My experience with Protestantism in general started quite young, as I was sent to a Lutheran church-affiliated kindergarten/childcare centre. Even on Sundays my parents allowed one elderly lady to bring me to that same church for services and Sunday school classes. I've also been to Methodist churches for other occasions as some of my close relatives are Methodists. I've even signed up for Baptist-run correspondence Bible lessons, read magazines such as The Plain Truth, etc. I even have discussions with those door-to-door JW folks and read their tracts.

Ultimately somehow it dawned to me something can't be right there. So many different groups, all teaching different things about Jesus and Christianity, the necessity of baptism, etc... At that point of time, I was even considering Islam and Judaism as there were many similarities with Christianity too. Catholicism wasn't even one of the options then because I was brought up believing that Catholics worshiped idols.

So one day I was in my secondary school library (I attended mission school), I chanced upon some parts of the Catholic Encyclopedia. Interesting reading I would say, I never knew there were so much history, arts, culture, civilization intertwined with the Catholic Church as a whole. I also chanced upon a book published back in the 1940s, called Radio Replies. It is in Q&A form based on a radio program that was held over 5 years in Sydney, and most of my prejudices against Catholicism were answered within that book, although it wasn't an instantaneous "Saul to Paul" moment. I have to be honest, it took some time to accept some things which I have been conditioned to reject all my life such as devotion to Mary & the saints, but it was the principles and reasoning presented in that book that somehow sowed the seeds for my conversion.

Of course I didn't straightaway convert. I didn't want to make any hasty decision, so it took a few more years of studying, conversation with other Catholics, etc. Ultimately I believed God sent me a sign when I had to endure a medical condition which I survived. It took the doctors almost a week after I was hospitalised to find out what it was and proceeded to have an immediate surgery. Decades ago, diagnosis of that condition would have been almost fatal if not operated on within the first few days. Before the diagnosis was out, it was crazy. Pain and high fever until I was shivering uncontrollably. Of course, like any other human beings, I turn to the Divine when faced with things beyond my control. I asked God what do you want from me, is it my time to die now? I prayed the Rosary that I have learnt not long before that, imploring Jesus and Mary that should I survive this ordeal, I will fast-track my entry into the Catholic Church. So here I am today.

1 Timothy 3 is the third chapter of the First Epistle to Timothy in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The author has been traditionally identified as Paul the Apostle since as early as AD 180, although most modern scholars consider the letter pseudepigraphical, perhaps written as late as the first half of the second century AD.[/I]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Timothy_3

The text is forgery and not the true work of Paul the Apostle.

No one is claiming Paul's works to be a forgery. Dont change what I said. I said 1 Timothy 3 are forgery.

"While seven of the letters attributed to Paul are almost universally accepted as authentic (Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, Philemon), four are just as widely judged to be pseudepigraphical, i.e. written by unknown authors under Paul's name: Ephesians and the Pastorals (1 and 2 Timothy and Titus)."

Does it matter? It's proven to be forgery. What are you going to deny?

Why are you changing the topic? You haven't answer my doubts.
While seven of the letters attributed to Paul are almost universally accepted as authentic (Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, Philemon), four are just as widely judged to be pseudepigraphical, i.e. written by unknown authors under Paul's name: Ephesians and the Pastorals (1 and 2 Timothy and Titus)

Why are you spinning around?  Even the third chapter of the 1 Tim fall under 1 Tim. What's the issue here? Now, how do you explain this forgery?

While seven of the letters attributed to Paul are almost universally accepted as authentic (Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, Philemon), four are just as widely judged to be pseudepigraphical, i.e. written by unknown authors under Paul's name: Ephesians and the Pastorals (1 and 2 Timothy and Titus)

So you agree the 1 Timothy is forged?