Rob Bell interpreting the Bible

I have already written about the Emerging Church view on the Bible. The approach to the Bible within EC is more like Liberal Theology. Of course this way of looking at the Bible will have consequencies for the message from the Emerging Church. Rob Bell can use a Bible text and let it say somthing quite different to what the text really says.

I saw a YouTube-film where Rob Bell is teaching about Peter walking on water (Mt 14:28-33). Rob Bell says: "I always assumed that Peter doubted Jesus. But Jesus is not sinking. Peter doubted himself."

Rob Bell is here giving a message that we must have more faith in ourselves and in our own ability. That can of course be an encouraging message, but that is not what the text is saying. Is it Peter´s faith in himself that makes it possible for him to walk on water??? No the text is more about having faith in Jesus,
"Lord, if it's you, Peter replied, tell me to come to you on the water", and it is about having faith in the words of Jesus, "Come!" Is is about having faith in what God says that makes Peter take the step.

Perhaps you think that this is a mistake often made by many preacher. That you, without thinking to much, by accident use a scripture to say what you want it to say, rather than what it really says. But in Rob Bell´s video it is not by accident. It is planned to be presented to a larger audience by making film of it. This is not a mistake. This is what really Rob Bell wants to say. And the message is not about putting faith in God but in yourself. This is not the message we normally read in the Bibel, is it?

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