God's Word is true. Men can teach the Word of God. When they begin to add things that are not there ... it is blasphemous!
Hearers tend to believe the official understanding of the Scriptures. There are Scriptures that are not easily understood ... thus learned (?) men step forward and tell us what it means.
The fact that it is not the Word of God but rather the words of men is occluded.
God forbid we believe the words of man that are not directly found in the Scriptures. Today we have dozens and dozens of translations of the Holy Bible, many of which are paraphrased forms. Perhaps interesting to read but definitely not study Bibles for a serious student of the truth. _________________________________________________________ Matthew 24:5 Young's Literal Translation "for many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and they shall lead many astray," _________________________________________________________ Galatians 1:6-9 (King James Version) "
6. I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
7. Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
8. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
9.As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed." ________________________________________________________ Satan is a master deceiver, knowing where our weakness lies. He is a liar from the beginning. Sowing doubt and leading astray. _________________________________________________________ Revelation 12:10-12 (King James Version)
10. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
12. Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhibitors of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. __________________________________________________________ "Romans 3:10-12 (King James Version) __________________________________________________________ 10. As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11. There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
12. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one". _______________________________________________________ Many Scriptures emphasis that Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior is the way ... the only way to God Let us believe God ... and every man a liar.
WOW! this is quite an interesting thread you started here.
Very important. Our very future depends on the WORD of God ... not our interpretation of His Word; but the actual truth.
It is very difficult for anyone to change a deeply held foundational belief. The Holy Spirit will not lead astray. Prayerfully ask for truth and sincerely mean it
God knows the heart (that is deceitful to the very end).
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Jeremiah 17:9-11 (King James Version)
9. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
10. I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
11. As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Father God help us in our day, in Jesus name,amen.
EXCELLENT POINTS.
THX.
One of the mercies of the great Jehovah (or Yahweh, if you will) is that His message was made easily understood by even of us that are not intellectuals or highly schooled.
It is not that no effort is required but rather the condition of the soil that the seed lands upon determines whether the Biblical truths takes root.
Many of the doctrines that have been devised by men tend to choke out the seed, too.
Read an explanation of what the transubstantiation is, for example,
and you’ll see an idea utterly impervious to Biblical explanation. An idea of men that they attempt to find in the Bible like seeing the face of Elvis in the clouds.
And some translators have contributed to confusion by producing translations or paraphrases that reflect what they think the Scripture should say rather than what the original languages would justify.