Since we know that the reason there are so many different denominations is because people view the BIBLE so differently. I would hope that everyone reading this could agree that the TRUTH in GODS WORD should not be relative to how any particular person wants to view it.
I would also hope that everyone can agree that the very word ( deceived ) means that a person does not know they are wrong.
It is a bit odd that the cause of original trouble was picking fruit to make wise, and today just look at all the debates we have over what people believe to be True about the BIBLE.
I also believe that if JESUS could come and sit down with any of us and talk to us one on one HE would be telling us how important HIS base teachings are. I think that when HE tells us what the two greatest commands are..... that if we as HIS people grasp hold of that and actually start treating other people in the way we would want to be treated if we were them, then there might be a chance of a great revival being born from self sacrificing LOVE that was at least a bit willing to be uncomfortable for the sake of another person.
I believe that the minds of human beings do not ( FIGURE OUT TRUTH ) but that TRUTH is revealed by GOD through HIS HOLY LOVE FOR ALL PEOPLE BEING A REAL AND ACTIVE PART OF OUR LIVES, without the silly human pride of us thinking ourselves pretty good Christians.
I believe that rightly dividing the WORD is to know and recognize any passage of SCRIPTURE that is directly related or remotely tied to the base teachings of CHRIST and that giving those passages more attention is not only allowed by GOD, but it is what HE wants us to do with HIS BOOK.
The theologies of mens minds that have resulted in these demon nations is what blinds us from seeing the TRUTH of GODS WORD. We plainly read that LOVE is greatest, and we see JESUS telling us that when we do some kind and caring act for the least of these around us that it is like us doing it directly for HIM. Yet we would rather study to find some stumbling blocks and spend our lives tripping over them instead of growing in the LOVE OF CHRIST.
Galatians chapter five verses fourteen and fifteen....
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
WHY are those two verses paired that way? WHY a reminder of the second greatest command just before a warning to us about our debates?
It's because nothing at all matters in comparison to CHRIST LIKE LOVE being real in our hearts, and we can't receive anything from GOD when we think we already have everything we need sown into the doctrines of our denominations...... and not only that, but when we include side items from the WORD OF GOD that are not directly grounded upon the teachings of JESUS we taint the GOSPEL that HE gave us, by trying to add to it.
Nobody reading this can say that the very best that any of us can do would not be to live a life filled with CHRIST LIKE LOVE..... so why are we not pursuing HIM?
I would also hope that everyone can agree that the very word ( deceived ) means that a person does not know they are wrong.
It is a bit odd that the cause of original trouble was picking fruit to make wise, and today just look at all the debates we have over what people believe to be True about the BIBLE.
I also believe that if JESUS could come and sit down with any of us and talk to us one on one HE would be telling us how important HIS base teachings are. I think that when HE tells us what the two greatest commands are..... that if we as HIS people grasp hold of that and actually start treating other people in the way we would want to be treated if we were them, then there might be a chance of a great revival being born from self sacrificing LOVE that was at least a bit willing to be uncomfortable for the sake of another person.
I believe that the minds of human beings do not ( FIGURE OUT TRUTH ) but that TRUTH is revealed by GOD through HIS HOLY LOVE FOR ALL PEOPLE BEING A REAL AND ACTIVE PART OF OUR LIVES, without the silly human pride of us thinking ourselves pretty good Christians.
I believe that rightly dividing the WORD is to know and recognize any passage of SCRIPTURE that is directly related or remotely tied to the base teachings of CHRIST and that giving those passages more attention is not only allowed by GOD, but it is what HE wants us to do with HIS BOOK.
The theologies of mens minds that have resulted in these demon nations is what blinds us from seeing the TRUTH of GODS WORD. We plainly read that LOVE is greatest, and we see JESUS telling us that when we do some kind and caring act for the least of these around us that it is like us doing it directly for HIM. Yet we would rather study to find some stumbling blocks and spend our lives tripping over them instead of growing in the LOVE OF CHRIST.
Galatians chapter five verses fourteen and fifteen....
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
WHY are those two verses paired that way? WHY a reminder of the second greatest command just before a warning to us about our debates?
It's because nothing at all matters in comparison to CHRIST LIKE LOVE being real in our hearts, and we can't receive anything from GOD when we think we already have everything we need sown into the doctrines of our denominations...... and not only that, but when we include side items from the WORD OF GOD that are not directly grounded upon the teachings of JESUS we taint the GOSPEL that HE gave us, by trying to add to it.
Nobody reading this can say that the very best that any of us can do would not be to live a life filled with CHRIST LIKE LOVE..... so why are we not pursuing HIM?