BARNEY BRIGHT
Well-Known Member
So Barney, all the above sounds excellent until you get to the very last line.
Who do we serve ?
Is it truly God?
Or is it a man made religion?
As you've stated above we must live by the word of God but it is as the Spirit leads us through the word, not what man stipulates in their religious man-made organizations and not man's doctrine!
Truly we must find and live in the will of God in obedience of HIS WORD, not Kingdom Hall, nor WatchTower, nor Book of Mormons, ect, ect .The only men that we are to deem worthy of following their words are the Apostles and Holy Ghost inspired men of God who penned his word.
I do not quibble over which translation is correct. I have compared side by side other translations with the KJB and they take away from the TRUTH. Changing the virgin birth of Christ and leaving out many important DOCTRINES OF GOD.
It is MY CHOICE of the word.
SALVATION IS A FREE GIFT, FREELY ACCEPTED THROUGH CHRIST, BY GOD in our belief of his truth.
It's precepts are written to be understood by spiritual ppl.
If you are following what a sect tells you is what God says then.................have you verified it in context comparing spiritual with spiritual ?
We are all flesh and full of fallacies, some of them are from our perspective, some of them other men's perspective. WE HOWEVER, MUST LIVE BY GODS COMMANDMENTS THAT KEEP US IN HIS WILL !
It is every individuals responsibility to KNOW WHAT THUS SAYS THE WORD OF GOD.
There will be ZERO excuses accepted on our behalf for our own failures. We will not be able to say it was what I was taught, my pastor, teacher, deacon, bishop, or priest said this was the way. Jesus said " I am the way, the truth and the life"; that is what and who will judge us.
It doesn't matter to me what translation a person uses. Jesus says at John17:17- "Sanctify them by means of the truth; your word is truth." And at Matthew 4:4 Jesus says, “It is written: ‘Man must live, not on bread alone, but on every word that comes from YHWH(Jehovah) mouth.’' At Matthew 4:10 Jesus says, "Go away, Satan! For it is written: ‘It is YHWH(Jehovah) your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service."
So I agree that we as individuals are responsible to know the truth that is in the word of God. However I know there are doctrines that the main stream religions have been teaching that I know are not doctrines from the scriptures. Like the doctrine of the immortality of the soul, that is being taught. Most people I speak to, who say they're Christians, believe human beings have souls that separate at death and go to hellfire, or heaven. However, God shows us at Genesis 2:7 how he created the first man and this scripture doesn't say God gave man a soul, but that man is a soul. There is a very big difference when a person says a human has a soul and another person says a human is a soul. Genesis 2:7 shows us also that when there is no breath of life(spirit) in the flesh and blood human body then the living soul or living person doesn't exist any longer, because before God blew the breath of life(spirit) in that flesh and blood human body, that flesh and blood human body, wasn't a living soul or living person. So at death when the breath of life(spirit) leaves the human body it's not saying a living soul or living Person leaves the flesh and blood human body but instead that the living soul or living person comes to an end that the flesh and blood human body stops existing as a living soul or living person. I know that many will not agree with what I just said, and that's the reason why I'm wary of those who say, when it comes to scripture, that It's precepts are written to be understood by spiritual people. Not that I disagree with that statement, but it doesn't necessarily mean that I believe the person who makes such a statement is a spiritual human being understanding the precepts of the scriptures spiritually, or by the spirit of the true God.
I agree that we are all as individuals responsible for knowing what the truth is that's in scripture and we must live by Gods commandments so that we will keep ourselves in his will. But I also Know that there are many individuals that teach a different truth which they all say is in scripture and they all believe themselves to be spiritual people understanding God's word spiritually. So when a person says to another person something that disagrees with what he/she believes is in the scriptures, and that person who they have disagreed with says to that person/persons who disagrees with him/her/they that she/he/they are not a spiritual person, or is listening to a cult or sect etc iI think we all should watch what we say. We all have the right to disagree of course, if we truly believe that person or persons is not teaching something that's in scripture. But none of us is infallible. Since the scriptures tell us there will be people among humanity that will truly and honestly think they're doing a sacred service for God but will not be, (John 16:2) we should mind what we say to others. We can disagree with someone but we have to understand that Christianity itself was considered a sect at one time and those preaching about Jesus Christ were said to be causing seditions.(Acts 24:5) Most people when using words like sect or sedition, are speaking of that particular group which they call a sect or causing seditions to be heretical. So I think while we certainly have the right to disagree, we should watch who we call a sect or those who are causing seditions. Like I said, I agree we are all as individuals responsible for knowing the truth but none of us are infallible individuals. We can honestly and truly believe that what we have learned is from the scriptures or is the truth from the scriptures, and still be wrong. I can read, and it doesn't matter to me who says I'm not spiritual when I say something that I can see is true from the scriptures, like what I said about Genesis 2:7. A person can say I'm not spiritual all they want or ask if what I'm saying is in context. I have proven from context that what mainstream religions have been trying to say from a certain scripture that they are not keeping that scripture in context. They however don't care about context. They will show by what they say that what they're saying about that scripture is true even though I can see myself that they have taken that scripture out of context.
I can see for myself who base their teachings on the Bible. Who tell others about God’s name. Who show genuine love toward one another and believe that God sent Jesus to save us. Who do not get involved in politics. Who preach that only God’s Kingdom can solve our problems. It is only YHWH Witnesses (Jehovah’s Witnesses)." [Isaiah 43:10-12] People can huff and puff about it, call them a sect or cult say they don't have God Holy Spirit, but I'm going to disagree with them.