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Revelation 22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
So is that saying that even if you have confessed Jesus as your Savior, if you have a different interpretation of the Bible that was different from God's original meaning that you will be doomed to Hell for all of eternity? I'm sorry but that makes absolutely no sense at all! Jesus promised that all those who believed and trusted in Him would have eternal life no matter what and that's the most important thing that I believe.
It doesn't.can you say me it
So is that saying that even if you have confessed Jesus as your Savior, if you have a different interpretation of the Bible that was different from God's original meaning that you will be doomed to Hell for all of eternity? I'm sorry but that makes absolutely no sense at all! Jesus promised that all those who believed and trusted in Him would have eternal life no matter what and that's the most important thing that I believe.
God put that verse in there because people want to interpret it how they want. If I want to know Jesus, I open those pages and read exactly what it says or what he said. If I add any words to it, it could change the meaning (and therefore you would be changing "him") Since he is the "Word". You may be talking about the Spirit, but the Spirit will not contradict the Word. I get what you are trying to say, but the Word and Jesus are inseparable.
The vast majority of believers are not fluent in and do not read the scriptures in the original languages. We rely on translations and the translations we have are very good but they cannot transfer the cultural and historical nuances that would be understood in the original languages when read by someone who lived in the time and culture of the original writings.If you are truly of Christ and called to teach others then you are only going to teach that of what the Holy Spirit teaches you.
The Jehovah Witness are great for adding to and taking away from the word. An untrained mind could not see any difference between their KJV Bible or our KJV Bible. They add one single word to a verse while taking out the original word that changes the whole meaning of a verse that leads to teaching a false gospel.
The vast majority of believers are not fluent in and do not read the scriptures in the original languages. We rely on translations and the translations we have are very good but they cannot transfer the cultural and historical nuances that would be understood in the original languages when read by someone who lived in the time and culture of the original writings.
So, as you have pointed out, we MUST be led by the Holy Spirit to get to the core of GOd's word. We need to be intimately close to God so that we know His meaning. The marriage relationship comes to mind. There were times that my wife would laugh at what I was going to say before I said it because she knew me so well. We need to know the Holy Spirit like that.
And, yes, that's my personal opinion.
Don't the JWs use the New World Translation, which is their translation?
That's FUNNY! Totally true, but funny.Making God say what He really didn't is super bad karma.