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Carico -> Understanding the bible (8/8/2008 10:36:10 PM)
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Again, there are only a few simple steps toward understanding the bible correctly. I'm talking only to born again Christians since 1 Corinthians 2:14 says that the man without the Spirit can't understand the things that come from God. After one is born again, here are the next steps:
1) Reading the whole bible and not changing one word but instead believing every word. This sounds simple, but this is where most people get stuck as I demonstrated in my thread: "Quote vs. interpretations."
2) Only after one reads the whole bible without changing one word, is he ready for solid food. Solid food is putting scripture together so that it doesn't contradict any other scripture. This begins the lifelong process of discerning the spiritual truths in the bible that are endless. But most people never get to the solid food because they're so busy bickering and arguing over what the bible actually says.
A perfect example of this is Matthew 1:25 which reads; "But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son." Now the catholics don't like that verse because the pope disagrees with it. So they change that verse to read; "But he had no union with her forever."
That one change changes the whole bible. here's how:
Claiming that Mary was a virgin her whole life leaves the dilemma of Christ's siblings. So the catholics now have to change them to make them either; cousins, adopted children, foster children, or step children. This makes Joseph either divorced or a widower, which adds more complications of his children, one of which is that it makes Mary a rotten wife for denyiing sex to her husband his whole life!
Changing MT. 1;25 then leads to making Mary as sinless as God which then makes Jesus the second sinless one who was born instead of the firstborn of the Spirit, it also means that the Holy Spirit would have had to come to Mary's mother if Mary herself was born immaculately which would then mean that Mary's mother was the first favored woman to conceive a child immaculately and changes Luke 1:4 so that Mary says, "I don't need a savior!" [sm=eek.gif]
The above is just the tip of the iceberg of the changes that one has to make in the bible when people try to change even one verse. And the most common verses that Christians like to change are;
MT. 23:9-10
Genesis 1:1-2
Genesis 2:7
Which change the rest of the bible as well.
So changing verses, and adding or subtracting words is the single biggest factor int he disagreements between Christians and is thus, Satan's biggest tool in turning us against each other. So the best thing you can do when reading the bible is; don't mess with God's words. Just read and believe them exactly as written. Only then will one be ready for solid food. [;)]
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