Tong2020 said:
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You must go to the word of God and there you listen what God have to say. I’ll share to you my thoughts here which I learned from my reading of God’s words in scriptures.
Salvation of any man is by grace. God saves him through faith in Him and in Jesus Christ whom He sent. Man have tried, even perhaps their best effort, to attain to everlasting life, by various ways and means, but to no avail. They ever failed and fall short. Why man fails is testified and told us in scriptures. There are many reasons why. But to sum those up, I’d say it’s pride and greed and selfishness.
Did God give us teachers and pastors?
Is this Fourm a place where you learn?
Why do you assume I do not read the Bible?
Can I read the Bible and other books by those who have wisdom? Or only the Bible?
And when you read the Bible what translation do you read Are they not translated by men?
<<<Did God give us teachers and pastors?>>>
Yes God gave prophets, teachers and pastors.
<<<Is this Fourm a place where you learn?>>>
The Holy Spirit may use this forum as a place where we can learn, though not without and separate from scriptures.
<<<Why do you assume I do not read the Bible?>>>
I don’t. Encouraging one to read scriptures does not mean that the one being encouraged does not read scriptures.
<<<Can I read the Bible and other books by those who have wisdom?>>>
Yes you can.
<<<Or only the Bible?>>>
You can read anything. But the Bible is a must read. It prevails over anything else written. Apostle Paul once preached to the Bereans. Scriptures says it was a noble thing that the Bereans examined what Paul preached to them, in scriptures, to see the truth of what is preached to them. That was apostle Paul preaching. More so then concerning the preaching of other men.
<<<And when you read the Bible what translation do you read Are they not translated by men?>>>
I read the NKJV, NIV, and other translations, and not without checking with the Greek and Hebrew texts, aided by Hebrew and Greek dictionaries and lexicons.
Yes they were translated by men. That is why I go to that which they translated and study them.
Tong
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