I HAVE LEARNED...
Please forgive me for speaking of myself so much here. I really don't want to draw attention
away from the Lord, but allow me to share what I've learned...and see if I don't speak more of the Lord and His
word than I do of myself...
I have learned that the human race is part of a creation,
and the Creator revealed Himself and other truths to us through the Bible. I have learned
that the Bible is the most truthful book ever written, at least in its original languages.
It is, in fact, totally without error, and the Creator, being sovereign, would not allow His
timeless message to mankind to be forever and irretrievably corrupted (
Ps. 12:6-7). I do believe, however, that
it is possible for some translations to be corrupted as the Creator warns against doing
time and again. I endorse this version of the Bible...
The Creator is holy, ALL humans have sinned and
deserve to be separated from our Creator for all eternity, and only because of our Creator's
infinite love has a Way been made by Him that we can have a relationship with Him. That
Way is His Son Jesus Christ. Eternal life is knowing God the Father and Jesus Christ, whom
He sent. We can be cleansed from our sins through the blood of Jesus Christ by personally
responding to His invitation to have a relationship with Him. Many people down through
history have found that His blood is able to cleanse the worst sinner's heart white as
snow. No sins of any person are more powerful than the blood of Jesus Christ.
I have never, to my knowledge, attended a church that preaches the Bible as completely
as I would like. I believe God still deals with His people as He did while the Bible was
being completed about 2000 years ago...that 2000 years is but a moment on God's timeline.
That means that He has not ordained spiritual gifts to change yet, (Romans 11:29,
Ephesians 4:8) neither has the least
of His commandments changed (one of which can be found in First Corinthians 14:34), and neither has the Lord's day been changed
from Saturday to Sunday. Even apostles, as the original language speaks of (I looked myself),
are not necessarily obsolete. Anyone who is offended by this position is should recognize
that they hold to their position, not because of scriptural teaching (as they may think),
but because they are offended at scriptural teaching...not a good reason to base
any doctrine on.
But I feel free to attend churches
that are less than perfect because the Bible teaches us to accept those who don't believe
exactly the same as us (Romans 14:1-15:7).
The main beliefs I insist on are that the Bible is without error and that our only hope for
eternal life is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ (just as the Bible says).
Dear Friend...
How did I get to be so radical?
More?
Let's pray for this kind of revival